Valencia, KompasOtomotif – Walau sudah pasti juara dunia, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) tidak menunjukkan gejala mengendur di seri terakhir MotoGP 2016 di Sirkuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spanyol.
Marquez mencatatkan diri sebagai yang tercepat di sesi latihan ketiga (FP3) dan keempat (FP4), Sabtu (12/11/2016). Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Movistar) yang tercepat pada sesi latihan sebelumnya, Jumat, (11/11/2016), berada di posisi kelima.
Catatan waktu Marquez pada FP4 yaitu 1 menit 30,906 detik, lebih cepat 0,055 detik dari Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Movistar) di posisi kedua. Maverick Vinales (Suzuki Ecstar) yang sempat mendapat posisi dua pada FP3 kini di tempat ketiga pada FP4.
Di belakang Vinales ada Andrea Iannone (Ducati), Valentino Rossi (Yamaha Movistar), dan Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda).
Fall for Pedrosa in FP4, unhurt. #ValenciaGP #MotoGP @26_DaniPedrosa @HRC_MotoGP @Box_Repsol pic.twitter.com/XFdjZakk5i
— Crash.net MotoGP (@crash_motogp) 12 November 2016
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) yang baru kembali dari cedera sempat terjatuh, namun dia berhasil tercepat ke-10.
Tim baru MotoGP 2017 yang mendapat jatah wild card di GP Valencia, Red Bull KTM, belum bisa berbicara banyak. Catatan waktu Mika Kallio yang menunggangi RC16 selalu berada di urutan terakhir saat latihan bebeas.
Berikut hasil latihan bebas ketiga:
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.258s [Lap 17/21] 317km/h (Top Speed)
2. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 30.361s +0.103s [22/23] 318km/h
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 30.643s +0.385s [18/20] 320km/h
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.711s +0.453s [19/22] 319km/h
5. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.743s +0.485s [13/22] 315km/h
6. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 30.745s +0.487s [17/20] 315km/h
7. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 30.769s +0.511s [20/21] 317km/h
8. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 30.834s +0.576s [19/20] 322km/h
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.852s +0.594s [22/22] 318km/h
10. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 31.002s +0.744s [19/21] 315km/h
11. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 31.023s +0.765s [20/21] 318km/h
12. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 31.147s +0.889s [16/20] 317km/h
13. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 31.308s +1.050s [16/19] 319km/h
14. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 31.410s +1.152s [22/22] 315km/h
15. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 31.550s +1.292s [18/20] 315km/h
16. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 31.589s +1.331s [20/21] 317km/h
17. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 31.894s +1.636s [20/22] 316km/h
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 31.976s +1.718s [21/24] 312km/h
19. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 31.991s +1.733s [18/19] 315km/h
20. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.240s +1.982s [19/19] 316km/h
21. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.464s +2.206s [16/20] 310km/h
22. Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 32.772s +2.514s [19/19] 314km/h
Berikut hasil latihan bebas keempat GP Valencia:
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.906s [Lap 11/13] 316km/h (Top Speed)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.961s +0.055s [6/17] 315km/h
3. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 30.996s +0.090s [14/17] 316km/h
4. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 31.296s +0.390s [12/13] 319km/h
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 31.308s +0.402s [10/16] 316km/h
6. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 31.317s +0.411s [14/15] 315km/h
7. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 31.451s +0.545s [11/17] 315km/h
8. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 31.509s +0.603s [17/17] 312km/h
9. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 31.658s +0.752s [10/14] 319km/h
10. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 31.786s +0.880s [12/15] 317km/h
11. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 31.889s +0.983s [8/12] 314km/h
12. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 32.133s +1.227s [14/16] 313km/h
13. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.190s +1.284s [11/13] 317km/h
14. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 32.206s +1.300s [11/12] 316km/h
15. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 32.283s +1.377s [8/10] 314km/h
16. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.357s +1.451s [16/17] 312km/h
17. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 32.395s +1.489s [12/17] 312km/h
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 32.835s +1.929s [11/17] 316km/h
19. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.951s +2.045s [9/15] 310km/h
20. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 32.959s +2.053s [9/12] 314km/h
21. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 33.154s +2.248s [8/10] 311km/h
22. Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 33.597s +2.691s [13/14] 311km/h