Pedrosa Secures Place in Qualifying 2

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa comfortably secured his place in tomorrow's Qualifying 2, by achieving the 6th fastest times in the combined times of the first three sessions.

Dani, improved his RC213V in the last session and set his fastest time of 1'56.502, just 0.418 off Marc, on lap 9 of 17 with a used soft rear tyre.

Tomorrow's Free Practice 4 will take place at 19h55 local time, and will be used by the Repsol Honda riders as a final session to prepare for the race and the 15 minute shootout - Qualifying 2 session at 21h00.

Dani Pedrosa - 6th - 1'56.502

"We improved a little today and are now further up the order. We are faster and entering corners better, but we’ve still got a way to go. We hope to gain a little rear grip, which would allow us to ride more comfortably. The times keep dropping with every session, but we are going to try to keep getting better and prepare for qualifying and the race. The track isn’t in good condition this year and I don’t think that this will change; maybe it will improve slightly as more laps are completed. However, this doesn’t mean making any big changes to the bike – just improving the setup for the conditions we have".

Practice Results

6 - Dani Pedrosa - 1’56.502 - SPA - HONDA - Repsol Honda Team