Movistar Yamaha Press Release: After a short break, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi were back on tarmac today for the first free practice sessions ahead of this weekend‘s GP Monster Energy de Catalunya. Enjoying the support of his home fans, Lorenzo consistently upped his pace in FP1. Despite difficult track conditions due to the heat, he was quick to set a second fastest time with a 1‘42.458 lap. The local hero spent the remaining time of the session concentrating on perfecting his setting and ended the morning in fourth place. The track conditions improved slightly in the afternoon. More comfortable aboard his YZR-M1, Lorenzo posted a fastest time of a 1‘42,034. This hot lap pushed him up to provisional second place in the time sheets, before the pace quickened in the final stages, moving him down to seventh. Rossi also enjoyed the first outing in Montmeló. After quickly re-familiarizing himself with the track he set the second fastest time on his first flying lap. Focused on the task at hand he bettered his time to a 1'42.938 as the pace quickened, wrapping up the first session in eighth position. The Doctor had a similar approach in the afternoon. He wasted no time to shoot up to the second spot and used the remaining minutes on the clock to work towards a solid race set-up until the time attack in the final stages of the session. He dropped a 1‘42.367, moving him briefly up to third in the time-sheets, and finished FP2 in eleventh place. The results put Lorenzo in seventh in today‘s combined times, 0.876s from first, and Rossi in eleventh, 1.209s from the front. 
JORGE LORENZO #99: I think we did a great job from the morning to the afternoon. In the morning the grip of the track was a lot worse compared to Mugello. The bike moved around a lot, especially in acceleration. We did a great job in making the bike more stable, so the performance improved a lot and we have a consistent pace. This will be very important for Sunday‘s race. Here, compared to the first lap, the pace can drop a lot in the middle of the race, so if we have a good set up we can have an advantage at the end of the race. 
VALENTINO ROSSI #46: It wasn‘t a bad start. At the end of the practice we found a better setting and balance of the bike and I didn‘t feel so bad. I‘m just a little bit worried about the position, because I‘m not inside the top ten. The reality is that everybody rode incredible lap times and pushed very hard. I feel good with the bike and the pace is not so bad. We have to better our times and try to improve the position tomorrow. A lot of riders rode a very good lap time to stay in the top ten to secure a place in tomorrow‘s Q2 in case of bad weather conditions tomorrow. I went on track thinking 1‘42.3 was enough to guarantee me a spot, but unfortunately Redding overtook me and I‘m in eleventh place. However, the feeling with the bike is more important and we hope for some good conditions tomorrow. MASSIMO MEREGALLI - TEAM DIRECTOR: Today, especially during FP1, the circuit conditions weren‘t great for the Yamaha, but it got better throughout the day. We improved the bike‘s set up even if the standing doesn't reflect our potential. We are quite happy with the consistency of the lap times, especially Jorge‘s. There is still a bit of work to do for Vale‘s side of the garage, but we are confident it will get done in time. We are going to work tonight to improve the areas where the riders are not completely satisfied. We are confident that we can achieve the performance we are looking for. GRAND PRIX OF CATALUNYA - FREE PRACTICE COMBINED RESULTS: 1. Aleix Espargarò (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP 1'41.158 2. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 1'41.443 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 1'41.789 4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team 1'41.823 5. Maverick Viñales (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP 1'41.922 6. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Ducati Team 1'41.938 7. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1'42.034 8. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) CWM LCR Honda 1'42.044 9. Pol Espargarò (SPA) Monster Yamaha Tech3 1'42.313 10. Scott Redding (GBR) Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 1'42.354 11. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1'42.367 12. Yonny Hernandez (COL) Pramac Racing 1'42.417 13. Nicky Hayden (USA) Aspar Team MotoGP 1'42.623 14. Bradley Smith (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech3 1'42.645 15. Hector Barbera (SPA) Avintia Racing 1'42.697 16. Loris Baz (FRA) Athinà Forward Racing 1'42.968 17. Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Pramac Racing 1'42.995 18. Karel Abraham (CZE) AB Motoracing 1'43.008 19. Eugene Laverty (IRL) Aspar Team MotoGP 1'43.351 20. Jack Miller (AUS) CWM LCR Honda 1'43.369 21. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1'43.463 22. Stefan Bradl (GER) Athinà Forward Racing 1'43.536 23. Mike Di Meglio (FRA) Avintia Racing 1'43.760 24. Alex De Angelis (RSM) Octo IodaRacing Team 1'44.614 25. Marco Melandri (ITA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1'45.270 For more information: www.yamahamotogp.com 
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