Austin – Andrea Dovizioso membuat waktu tercepat latihan pembuka seri kedua MotoGP 2015 di Circuit of The Americas (CoTA), Austin, Texas yang diguyur hujan.
Buruknya kondisi trek akibat hujan, sesi latihan pertama di hari Jumat (10/4) ini sempat ditunda sekitar 50 menit. Ditambah lagi kibaran bendera merah gara-gara seekor anjing melintas ke dalam trek.
Juara dunia dua kali, Marquez sempat jadi yang terkencang menjelang dua menit sesi berakhir dengan waktu 2 menit 19.864 detik. Sampai akhirnya pembalap Ducati, Dovizioso mengalahkannya dengan peroelhan waktu 2 menit 19,402 detik.
Sementara itu pembalap satelit tim Marc VDS, Scott Redding menyusup ke posisi tiga di depan juara GP Qatar kemarin, Valentino Rossi. Danilo Petrucci dari tim Pramac yang menggeber Ducati berada di urutan lima. (otosport.otomotifnet.com)
Hasil Latihan Bebas Pertama
1. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 19.402s [Lap 15/15] 329km/h (Top Speed)
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 19.864s +0.462s [14/15] 329km/h
3. Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 20.487s +1.085s [16/18] 329km/h
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 20.593s +1.191s [14/16] 324km/h
5. Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.1) 2m 20.665s +1.263s [17/17] 324km/h
6. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 20.951s +1.549s [15/15] 322km/h
7. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 20.983s +1.581s [13/16] 327km/h
8. Cal Crutchlow GBR CWM LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 21.300s +1.898s [13/14] 328km/h
9. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 21.486s +2.084s [15/15] 326km/h
10. Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 2m 21.625s +2.223s [15/15] 327km/h
11. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2m 22.018s +2.616s [14/14] 316km/h
12. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 22.387s +2.985s [17/17] 334km/h
13. Jack Miller AUS CWM LCR Honda (RC213V-RS)* 2m 22.391s +2.989s [13/15] 322km/h
14. Stefan Bradl GER Athina Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 2m 22.498s +3.096s [17/17] 323km/h
15. Nicky Hayden USA Aspar (RC213V-RS) 2m 22.542s +3.140s [15/15] 313km/h
16. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 2m 22.571s +3.169s [13/15] 317km/h
17. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 2m 22.663s +3.261s [13/15] 321km/h
18. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 2m 22.716s +3.314s [10/15] 320km/h
19. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 22.741s +3.339s [8/13] 323km/h
20. Loris Baz FRA Athina Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)* 2m 24.178s +4.776s [18/18] 313km/h
21. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar (RC213V-RS)* 2m 24.851s +5.449s [16/16] 317km/h
22. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 2m 25.024s +5.622s [13/13] 317km/h
23. Marco Melandri ITA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2m 25.141s +5.739s [11/15] 319km/h
24. Alex De Angelis RSM Octo IodaRacing (ART) 2m 25.160s +5.758s [10/14] 312km/h
25. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 2m 25.405s +6.003s [15/15] 319km/h