FP4 MotoGP Jepang: Meski terjatuh, Marquez tetap paling kencang
Marc Marquez tetap menjadi peraih waktu tercepat sesi latihan terakhir sebelum kualifikasi MotoGP Jepang, meski terjatuh di menit-menit akhir.
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MotoGP 2018
Siapakah yang akan menjadi juara dunia MotoGP 2018? Valentino Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, atau yang lainnya?
Alex Rins membuka sesi pemanasan sebelum kualifikasi dengan waktu tercepat 1 menit 47,708 detik, sesaat sebelum Marc Marquez melebar di Tikungan 1. Ia berada di tempat keempat, di belakang Takaaki Nakagami.
Satu lap kemudian, Andrea Dovizioso kembali menunjukkan kekuatan Ducati dengan mengungguli waktu Rins 0,963 detik lebih cepat. Namun, Marquez mampu menajamkan waktunya dua kali hingga berada di angka 1 menit 45,572 detik.
Xavier Simeon (Reale Avintia Racing) terjatuh di Tikungan 5 saat sesi memasuki menit ke-12. Di tempat yang sama, wild card Katsuyuki Nakasuga kehilangan kendali atas motor Yamaha nomor 89 beberapa saat kemudian.
Jelang berakhirnya sesi, sang juara bertahan tersungkur low side di Tikungan 7. Pun demikian, torehan 1 menit 45,531 detik The Baby Alien tidak mampu disaingi pembalap lainnya, termasuk DesmoDovi yang meraih waktu tercepat keempat. Posisi kedua dan ketiga ditempati Cal Crutchlow dan Andrea Iannone.
Danilo Petrucci menghuni tempat kelima di depan Maverick Vinales dan Alex Rins. Jack Miler dan Valentino Rossi merengkuh posisi kedelapan dan sembilan, mengungguli rookie Hafizh Syahrin.
Hasil FP4 MotoGP Jepang
Pos | # | Rider | Motor | Lap | Waktu | Gap | Interval | km/j | Speed Trap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 12 | 1'45.531 | 163.777 | 305 | ||
2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 14 | 1'45.841 | 0.310 | 0.310 | 163.297 | 308 |
3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 14 | 1'45.951 | 0.420 | 0.110 | 163.128 | 303 |
4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 14 | 1'46.025 | 0.494 | 0.074 | 163.014 | 311 |
5 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 12 | 1'46.128 | 0.597 | 0.103 | 162.856 | 307 |
6 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 12 | 1'46.136 | 0.605 | 0.008 | 162.843 | 307 |
7 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 14 | 1'46.189 | 0.658 | 0.053 | 162.762 | 305 |
8 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 15 | 1'46.204 | 0.673 | 0.015 | 162.739 | 304 |
9 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 13 | 1'46.403 | 0.872 | 0.199 | 162.435 | 303 |
10 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Yamaha | 11 | 1'46.439 | 0.908 | 0.036 | 162.380 | 301 |
11 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Yamaha | 15 | 1'46.519 | 0.988 | 0.080 | 162.258 | 303 |
12 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM | 12 | 1'46.631 | 1.100 | 0.112 | 162.087 | 306 |
13 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 12 | 1'46.633 | 1.102 | 0.002 | 162.084 | 307 |
14 | 38 | Bradley Smith | KTM | 12 | 1'46.657 | 1.126 | 0.024 | 162.048 | 300 |
15 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Ducati | 14 | 1'46.680 | 1.149 | 0.023 | 162.013 | 308 |
16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 15 | 1'46.699 | 1.168 | 0.019 | 161.984 | 300 |
17 | 89 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha | 13 | 1'46.704 | 1.173 | 0.005 | 161.977 | 305 |
18 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Honda | 12 | 1'46.938 | 1.407 | 0.234 | 161.622 | 301 |
19 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 13 | 1'47.014 | 1.483 | 0.076 | 161.507 | 303 |
20 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 11 | 1'47.101 | 1.570 | 0.087 | 161.376 | 303 |
21 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 12 | 1'47.111 | 1.580 | 0.010 | 161.361 | 303 |
22 | 10 | Xavier Simeon | Ducati | 15 | 1'47.511 | 1.980 | 0.400 | 160.761 | 299 |
23 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Suzuki | 13 | 1'47.609 | 2.078 | 0.098 | 160.614 | 304 |
24 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Honda | 12 | 1'47.652 | 2.121 | 0.043 | 160.550 | 301 |
25 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Ducati | 14 | 1'47.762 | 2.231 | 0.110 | 160.386 | 304 |
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