The chilly Friday at the Sachsenring was an eventful opening to the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland weekend. Multiple crashers and a red-flag break showed how much all the MotoGP riders had to be on the limit. Fabio Quartararo's best time was 0.785s from the top, but it was not enough for a top-10 placement. It left him in 14th position and on the Q1 entry list. Remy Gardner was up for the challenge to try his hand at riding the YZR-M1, despite the tricky conditions. A crash in Turn 13 at the end of the Practice had him end the session in 20th place.
Quartararo had done solid work in FP1, so he was ready to push to the limit on the Friday afternoon. An eventful first 22 minutes of the Practice, ending with a red flag, served as a warning that the conditions were challenging: the colder temperatures meant that the few right-handers at the Sachsenring had to be carefully dealt with. Pit lane reopened at 15:35 local track time. In the final 20 minutes, Quartararo attempted multiple time attacks, but he was unable to reach the top 10. He wrapped up the Practice with a 1'20.407s, set on lap 29/30, which put him in 14th place, 0.785s from first.
Gardner used the 45 minutes of the morning session to get acquainted with the YZR-M1. The goal for the Australian this weekend is to gather as much data as possible for the Factory Yamaha team. So he set out to complete as many laps as he could and finished FP1 in 22nd place with a 1'22.969s best lap. The number-87 rider used the afternoon to shave off time. The track conditions remained tricky all session, and they caught Gardner out in the final stages when he took a fall in Turn 13. He was unhurt, but it did end his time attack prematurely. Still, the replacement rider had found a significant time improvement compared to Friday morning. He clocked a 1'21.405s on lap 23/27, which left him 1.783s off the best time and put him in 20th place in the timesheets.
The teammates will be back in action for FP2, held tomorrow from 10:10 - 10:40 (GMT +2). The qualifying sessions will follow from 10:50 - 11:30, and the 15-lap Sprint will start at 15:00.
The chilly Friday at the Sachsenring was an eventful opening to the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland weekend. Multiple crashers and a red-flag break showed how much all the MotoGP riders had to be on the limit. Fabio Quartararo's best time was 0.785s from the top, but it was not enough for a top-10 placement. It left him in 14th position and on the Q1 entry list. Remy Gardner was up for the challenge to try his hand at riding the YZR-M1, despite the tricky conditions. A crash in Turn 13 at the end of the Practice had him end the session in 20th place.
Quartararo had done solid work in FP1, so he was ready to push to the limit on the Friday afternoon. An eventful first 22 minutes of the Practice, ending with a red flag, served as a warning that the conditions were challenging: the colder temperatures meant that the few right-handers at the Sachsenring had to be carefully dealt with. Pit lane reopened at 15:35 local track time. In the final 20 minutes, Quartararo attempted multiple time attacks, but he was unable to reach the top 10. He wrapped up the Practice with a 1'20.407s, set on lap 29/30, which put him in 14th place, 0.785s from first.
Gardner used the 45 minutes of the morning session to get acquainted with the YZR-M1. The goal for the Australian this weekend is to gather as much data as possible for the Factory Yamaha team. So he set out to complete as many laps as he could and finished FP1 in 22nd place with a 1'22.969s best lap. The number-87 rider used the afternoon to shave off time. The track conditions remained tricky all session, and they caught Gardner out in the final stages when he took a fall in Turn 13. He was unhurt, but it did end his time attack prematurely. Still, the replacement rider had found a significant time improvement compared to Friday morning. He clocked a 1'21.405s on lap 23/27, which left him 1.783s off the best time and put him in 20th place in the timesheets.
The teammates will be back in action for FP2, held tomorrow from 10:10 - 10:40 (GMT +2). The qualifying sessions will follow from 10:50 - 11:30, and the 15-lap Sprint will start at 15:00.