Hari ini sudah bermula acara pusingan perlumbaan ketiga MotoGP di Amerika Syarikat. Sama seperti dua pusingan sebelum ini di Qatar dan Argentina, kita memang berbeza waktu jadi terpaksalah bersengkang mata kalau kau betul-betul nak ikuti perkembangan perlumbaan ni.
Lewat pagitadi berakhirnya sesi latihan kedua (FP2) yang menyaksikan beberapa kedudukan unik terjadi. Andrea Iannone dari pasukan Suzuki Ecstar berjaya mencatat masa terpantas dengan 2’04.599 mengatasi Marc Marquez 0.056 saat.
Dalam sesi latihan pertama (FP1), Marc Marquez didepan dengan catatan 2’05.530. Namun agak malang, beliau terjatuh di pusingan selekoh ke 11 pada FP2.
BACA: HAFIZ BERLATIH DI KEM COLIN EDWARDS
Pelumba harapan negara, Hafizh Syahrin berjaya memperbaiki kedudukan dari tempat ke 20 (dalam pusingan FP1) kepada posisi ke 16 sewaktu FP2 berakhir.
Hafizh memperbaiki masa hampir 2 saat dalam kedua-dua sesi latihan ini. Pada pusingan FP1, Hafiz mencatat 2’06.219 sementara pada FP2 beliau lebih konsisten dan mencatat masa terbaiknya. 2’08.819.
Berikut adalah keputusan catatan masa bagi kedua-dua sesi latihan bebas FP1 dan FP2 yang baru berlangsng sebentar tadi.
LATIHAN BEBAS FP1
| Pos. | Num. | Penunggang | Negara | Pasukan | Motor | Km/j | Masa | Jarak masa |
| 1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 340.4 | 2’05.530 | |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 340.6 | 2’05.926 | 0.396 / 0.396 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 340.6 | 2’06.257 | 0.727 / 0.331 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 340.8 | 2’06.480 | 0.950 / 0.223 |
| 5 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 345.2 | 2’06.539 | 1.009 / 0.059 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 342.4 | 2’06.734 | 1.204 / 0.195 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 335.5 | 2’07.010 | 1.480 / 0.276 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 335.7 | 2’07.093 | 1.563 / 0.083 |
| 9 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 338.9 | 2’07.124 | 1.594 / 0.031 |
| 10 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 343.1 | 2’07.211 | 1.681 / 0.087 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 336.7 | 2’07.431 | 1.901 / 0.220 |
| 12 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 331.5 | 2’07.459 | 1.929 / 0.028 |
| 13 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 344.0 | 2’07.523 | 1.993 / 0.064 |
| 14 | 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 344.6 | 2’07.662 | 2.132 / 0.139 |
| 15 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 339.4 | 2’07.874 | 2.344 / 0.212 |
| 16 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 341.1 | 2’07.948 | 2.418 / 0.074 |
| 17 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 336.8 | 2’08.161 | 2.631 / 0.213 |
| 18 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 335.6 | 2’08.234 | 2.704 / 0.073 |
| 19 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 336.2 | 2’08.372 | 2.842 / 0.138 |
| 20 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 338.8 | 2’08.819 | 3.289 / 0.447 |
| 21 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 342.4 | 2’09.111 | 3.581 / 0.292 |
| 22 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 336.6 | 2’09.327 | 3.797 / 0.216 |
| 23 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 337.7 | 2’09.708 | 4.178 / 0.381 |
| 24 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 332.8 | 2’10.426 | 4.896 / 0.718 |
LATIHAN BEBAS FP2
| Pos. | Num. | Penunggang | Negara | Team | Motor | Km/j | Masa | Jarak masa |
| 1 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 337.9 | 2’04.599 | |
| 2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 341.6 | 2’04.655 | 0.056 / 0.056 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 341.3 | 2’04.863 | 0.264 / 0.208 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 341.6 | 2’04.958 | 0.359 / 0.095 |
| 5 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 347.9 | 2’05.088 | 0.489 / 0.130 |
| 6 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 339.5 | 2’05.452 | 0.853 / 0.364 |
| 7 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 340.4 | 2’05.487 | 0.888 / 0.035 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 344.4 | 2’05.647 | 1.048 / 0.160 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 339.8 | 2’05.739 | 1.140 / 0.092 |
| 10 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 342.8 | 2’05.761 | 1.162 / 0.022 |
| 11 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 347.9 | 2’05.889 | 1.290 / 0.128 |
| 12 | 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 339.4 | 2’05.910 | 1.311 / 0.021 |
| 13 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 339.3 | 2’05.933 | 1.334 / 0.023 |
| 14 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 337.9 | 2’06.016 | 1.417 / 0.083 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 332.7 | 2’06.078 | 1.479 / 0.062 |
| 16 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 340.1 | 2’06.219 | 1.620 / 0.141 |
| 17 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 336.0 | 2’06.397 | 1.798 / 0.178 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 341.2 | 2’06.555 | 1.956 / 0.158 |
| 19 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 335.9 | 2’06.625 | 2.026 / 0.070 |
| 20 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 335.5 | 2’06.640 | 2.041 / 0.015 |
| 21 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 340.0 | 2’06.683 | 2.084 / 0.043 |
| 22 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 337.0 | 2’07.033 | 2.434 / 0.350 |
| 23 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 341.0 | 2’07.136 | 2.537 / 0.103 |
| 24 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 335.9 | 2’08.021 | 3.422 / 0.885 |
