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The 2014 MotoGP World Championship<\/strong> finally got underway this evening under the floodlights of the Losail<\/strong> circuit in Qatar. Having launched their new livery just yesterday, the newly named Movistar Yamaha MotoGP<\/strong> riders were out feeling their way on the night track for the first time this year.<\/p>\n

With little rubber down on the circuit and some sand blowing across from the desert, grip issues became the number one problem to solve for both Valentino Rossi<\/strong> and teammate Jorge Lorenzo<\/strong>. Just 15 minutes in the session was red flagged to allow a clean up of some of the debris on track left by rider Jonny Hernandez<\/strong>\u2019s earlier crash.<\/p>\n

Rossi returned to the track in thirteenth position after the clean up and began to work on his set up, gradually moving up the timesheets, running as high as fifth before dropping two places to seventh behind highest placed factory rider Dani Pedrosa in sixth at the end.<\/p>\n

In true Lorenzo<\/strong> style, the Mallorcan<\/strong> was one of the first out of the pit lane as the session began, eager to get to work on his set up ahead of this weekend\u2019s opening round of the championship. Unlike the satellite and open class riders who had the fortune to test in Qatar<\/strong> two weeks ago, Lorenzo<\/strong> had no data to go on and struggled to find a way round the lack of grip he encountered on the track. He ended the first practice of the weekend in ninth position, just under 1.5 seconds from the front.<\/p>\n

Yamaha Factory Racing Press Release<\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
.<\/td>\nAleix Espargaro (SPA)<\/td>\nNGM Mobile Forward Racing<\/td>\n1’55.201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nAlvaro Bautista (SPA)<\/td>\nGo&Fun Honda Gresini<\/td>\n1’55.667<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/b><\/td>\nBradley Smith (GBR)<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nMonster Yamaha Tech3<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n1’55.816<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nAndrea Iannone (ITA)<\/td>\nPramac Racing<\/td>\n1’55.996<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5.<\/b><\/td>\nPol Espargar\u00f2 (SPA)<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nMonster Yamaha Tech3<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n1’56.020<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n6.<\/td>\nDani Pedrosa (SPA)<\/td>\nRepsol Honda Team<\/td>\n1’56.332<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n7.<\/b><\/td>\nValentino Rossi (ITA)<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nYamaha Factory Racing<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n1’56.542<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n8.<\/td>\nColin Edwards (USA)<\/td>\nNGM Mobile Forward Racing<\/td>\n1’56.626<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n9.<\/b><\/td>\nJorge Lorenzo (SPA)<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nYamaha Factory Racing<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n1’56.668<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n10.<\/td>\nNicky Hayden (USA)<\/td>\nDrive M7 Aspar<\/td>\n1’56.670<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n11.<\/td>\nMarc Marquez (SPA)<\/td>\nRepsol Honda Team<\/td>\n1’56.682<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n12.<\/td>\nStefan Bradl (GER)<\/td>\nLCR Honda MotoGP<\/td>\n1’56.726<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n13.<\/td>\nCal Crutchlow (GBR)<\/td>\nDucati Team<\/td>\n1’57.046<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n15.<\/td>\nYonny Hernandez (COL)<\/td>\nEnergy T.I. Pramac Racing<\/td>\n1’57.623<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n19.<\/td>\nScott Redding (GBR)<\/td>\nGo&Fun Honda Gresini<\/td>\n1’58.495<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n22.<\/td>\nBrok Parkes (AUS)<\/td>\nPaul Bird Motorsport<\/td>\n1’59.328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The track is in quite a bad condition but I think it\u2019s quite normal for a first practice. There is a lot of sand and not a lot of rubber down. Also a lot of riders except the factory riders have been here for three days and have done a lot more km and a lot more laps so it\u2019s normal they are stronger than us. Now the work for the weekend will be hard to reduce the gap. I have a lack of grip front and rear, on corner entry and also on acceleration the bike moves very much. I think the condition of the track is getting better and it will get easier.\u201d<\/i>\u201cI\u2019m a little disappointed because hearing the comments of the riders that were here two weeks ago it seemed the tyres were working really well. Having arrived here it seems the track is a little worse, the feeling of the rear tyre is more or less the same as in Sepang, with little grip and traction. We didn\u2019t have three days to test here like the top five so our problems are bigger. We must hope that the tyre gets better and we can improve the grip on the rear.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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