Lorenzo Dipaksa Mengikuti Babak I Kualifikasi
Pembalap Movistar Yamaha Jorge Lorenzo.
PELITARIAU, Sachsenring - Juara dunia Jorge Lorenzo dipaksa mengikuti babak pertama kualifikasi Grand Prix Jerman setelah pada sesi latihan bebas terakhir gagal menembus 10 besar, Sabtu (16/7) sebagaimana diberitakan Beritasatu.com
Pembalap Movistar Yamaha itu hanya berada di posisi 15 sesi free practice terakhir, menyusul hasil buruk di hari pertama di mana dia sempat terjatuh dan harus menjalani cek medis.
Sementara itu pembalap Repsol Honda Marc Marquez menjadi yang tercepat dengan catatan waktu 1 menit 21,552 detik, unggul 0,107 detik atas pembalap Ducati Andrea Iannone.
Sesama pembalap Yamaha, Valentino Rossi, bisa meningkat ke posisi empat sehingga lolos ke babak akhir kualifikasi. Pada hari pertama kemarin, Rossi berada di posisi ke-14.
Berikut hasil lengkap FP3:
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 21.552s [Lap 20/23] 290km/h (Top Speed)
2. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati (Desmosedici GP) 1m 21.659s +0.107s [22/24] 297km/h
3. Maverick Viñales ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 21.820s +0.268s [21/21] 291km/h
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 21.880s +0.328s [25/25] 290km/h
5. Pol Espargaro ESP Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 21.910s +0.358s [22/23] 290km/h
6. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 21.950s +0.398s [20/22] 293km/h
7. Aleix Espargaro ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 22.064s +0.512s [19/21] 289km/h
8. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 22.069s +0.517s [20/22] 290km/h
9. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati (Desmosedici GP) 1m 22.072s +0.520s [18/20] 295km/h
10. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 22.127s +0.575s [21/22] 288km/h
11. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 22.190s +0.638s [18/21] 290km/h
12. Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 22.226s +0.674s [21/24] 289km/h
13. Jack Miller AUS Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 22.308s +0.756s [21/21] 287km/h
14. Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 22.326s +0.774s [22/24] 290km/h
15. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 22.453s +0.901s [17/21] 290km/h
16. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 22.656s +1.104s [21/23] 289km/h
17. Scott Redding GBR Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 22.763s +1.211s [18/20] 289km/h
18. Stefan Bradl GER Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 22.987s +1.435s [22/22] 290km/h
19. Tito Rabat ESP Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 23.453s +1.901s [23/27] 284km/h
20. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 24.060s +2.508s [17/18] 284km/h
21. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 24.096s +2.544s [17/19] 288km/h.**