The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli welcomed riders and teams for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix today with wet weather conditions. Thereby, Tech3 KTM Factory Racing’s Iker Lecuona showed his class from this morning. After securing a ninth in FP1, he improved his lap time in Free Practice two by 1.829 seconds to conclude Friday in a fantastic fourth position.
When the track was still mainly wet, but the sun came out in Free Practice two, Danilo Petrucci likewise lowered his time significantly. Following an eighth fastest lap in FP1, he went 1.549 seconds quicker in the second session of the weekend to eventually clinch ninth position and with it a provisional ticket to Q2 tomorrow afternoon. Yet, FP3 at 9.55 local time on Saturday will be decisive for Qualifying.
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Iker Lecuona
Position: 4th
Time: 1:42.576
Laps: 40
"I’m very satisfied about today. It was full wet in the morning and in FP2 we finished in mixed conditions. I felt really good, although we had a small issue with the front brakes in FP1, which made me not feeling comfortable, so we tried to solve it. In general, I felt good with the bike, we solved the issue for FP2 and finally, this afternoon, we improved a lot. I was riding alone and had a strong pace. In the end, we couldn’t improve with the new tyres as the track was drying out and it was very slippery. But I’m happy anyway and can’t wait for tomorrow."
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Danilo Petrucci
Position: 9th
Time: 1:42.775
Laps: 35
"This first day was almost full wet. Just at the end of the second session, the conditions were a little bit mixed. We always had a quite decent pace, even if I’m still missing a bit. We are fast, but even in the wet, we need to make another small step. I don’t know about the weather forecast for tomorrow, but on the wet, we are quite fast. For today I’m overall pretty satisfied about our work."
