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Valentino Rossi had a crash during a motocross training session ahead of his home Italian GP, but the nine-time World Champion was declared fit to race and got through Friday action to end the day in P14.

The ‘Doctor’ says the day was an important one to understand how he’ll feel racing  - and started off with a lot of pain before some improvements in the afternoon, hoping things will only get better from here.

"Today's sessions were very important to get an understanding of my condition." Siad Rossi "This morning I suffered a lot, I had a lot of pain on the right, especially on acceleration, but this afternoon the situation was a bit better."

"I struggled physically, especially with my breathing, because I'm not at 100%, but it is getting better."

"We hope that tomorrow and Sunday the situation will improve. Usually Friday is the most difficult day, so we had to suffer a bit, but we tried."

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Andrea Dovizioso led for Ducati the field in FP1 at the Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley at Mugello, taking first blood for Ducati ahead of Ducati Team test rider Michele Pirro.

Le Mans winner Maverick Vinales was third quickest as Ducati and Yamaha locked out the top eight.

FP1 Result:

Pos. Rider Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team Ducati 352.3 1'47.394  
2 Michele PIRRO Ducati Team Ducati 351.4 1'47.595 0.201 / 0.201
3 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 343 1'47.669 0.275 / 0.074
4 Johann ZARCO Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.1 1'47.674 0.280 / 0.005
5 Hector BARBERA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 351.4 1'47.708 0.314 / 0.034
6 Jorge LORENZO Ducati Team Ducati 343.5 1'47.747 0.353 / 0.039
7 Danilo PETRUCCI OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 351.2 1'47.962 0.568 / 0.215
8 Jonas FOLGER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.9 1'47.974 0.580 / 0.012
9 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team Honda 340.3 1'47.980 0.586 / 0.006
10 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda Honda 340.3 1'48.194 0.800 / 0.214
11 Andrea IANNONE Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 350.1 1'48.274 0.880 / 0.080
12 Alvaro BAUTISTA Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 348 1'48.289 0.895 / 0.015
13 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team Honda 341.7 1'48.291 0.897 / 0.002
14 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 339.1 1'48.394 1.000 / 0.103
15 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 340.9 1'48.513 1.119 / 0.119
16 Scott REDDING OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 345.4 1'48.743 1.349 / 0.230
17 Jack MILLER EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 340.9 1'49.119 1.725 / 0.376
18 Tito RABAT EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 344.3 1'49.123 1.729 / 0.004
19 Loris BAZ Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 335.4 1'49.526 2.132 / 0.403
20 Pol ESPARGARO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 341.4 1'49.677 2.283 / 0.151
21 Sam LOWES Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 336.4 1'49.679 2.285 / 0.002
22 Karel ABRAHAM Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 345.1 1'49.754 2.360 / 0.075
23 Bradley SMITH Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 336.8 1'50.686 3.292 / 0.932
24 Sylvain GUINTOLI Team SUZUKI ECSTAR        
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After Andrea Dovizioso led the way in FP1 under the sunny Tuscan skies of the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley, two-time GP winner Cal Crutchlow struck back in the afternoon to take to the top late in FP2 – just heading ‘DesmoDovi’ by 0.029 on combined times. German rookie Jonas Folger impressed to complete the top three on the first day of running.

Another impressive performance as action opened in Italy saw Ducati test rider Michele Pirro end Friday in fourth with his time from FP1, taking some serious scalps to just head Championship leader Maverick Vinales’ fastest lap was also from Friday morning to put him fifth on combined, with the 2013 Moto3 World Champion suffering a big crash in the afternoon at Arrabiata 2 – rider ok.

Johann Zarco was another man whose fastest lap was an FP1 effort, his best just 0.005 off Vinales to give the Frenchman P6 on Day 1.

Dani Pedrosa improved in the afternoon from a more muted position in FP1 to go seventh, with Hector Barbera just behind the ‘Baby Samurai’ in some much improved form at the Italian GP.Alvaro Bautista was ninth, with the top ten on Day 1 completed by five-time World Champion and five time Mugello winner Jorge Lorenzo.

Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petrucci took P11 and P12 respectively, with reigning Champion Marc Marquez in thirteenth – just ahead of home hero Valentino Rossi as the nine-time World Champion recovers from a motocross crash ahead of the event.

Scott Redding completed the top fifteen on Friday, with FP3 the next focus on Saturday morning as graduation to Q2 qualifying is decided. That qualifying begins with Q1 at 14:10 (GMT +2), followed closely by the all-important Q2.

FP2 Result:

Pos. Rider Team Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda 339.5 1'47.365  
2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team 350.6 1'47.526 0.161 / 0.161
3 Jonas FOLGER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 341 1'47.543 0.178 / 0.017
4 Johann ZARCO Monster Yamaha Tech 3 344.2 1'47.685 0.320 / 0.142
5 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 344.4 1'47.699 0.334 / 0.014
6 Hector BARBERA Reale Avintia Racing 352.2 1'47.710 0.345 / 0.011
7 Alvaro BAUTISTA Pull&Bear Aspar Team 347.8 1'47.728 0.363 / 0.018
8 Andrea IANNONE Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 349.1 1'47.807 0.442 / 0.079
9 Michele PIRRO Ducati Team 351.2 1'47.883 0.518 / 0.076
10 Danilo PETRUCCI OCTO Pramac Racing 348.2 1'47.950 0.585 / 0.067
11 Jorge LORENZO Ducati Team 350.6 1'47.954 0.589 / 0.004
12 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 341.1 1'48.000 0.635 / 0.046
13 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 340.5 1'48.014 0.649 / 0.014
14 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team 341.6 1'48.103 0.738 / 0.089
15 Scott REDDING OCTO Pramac Racing 349.4 1'48.111 0.746 / 0.008
16 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 342 1'48.129 0.764 / 0.018
17 Jack MILLER EG 0,0 Marc VDS 343.5 1'48.560 1.195 / 0.431
18 Tito RABAT EG 0,0 Marc VDS 343.2 1'48.664 1.299 / 0.104
19 Loris BAZ Reale Avintia Racing 338 1'48.751 1.386 / 0.087
20 Sam LOWES Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 337.9 1'48.842 1.477 / 0.091
21 Karel ABRAHAM Pull&Bear Aspar Team 346.7 1'48.925 1.560 / 0.083
22 Pol ESPARGARO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 343 1'49.524 2.159 / 0.599
23 Bradley SMITH Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 343.8 1'49.640 2.275 / 0.116
24 Sylvain GUINTOLI Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 341.9 1'50.054 2.689 / 0.41
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The first Yamaha duel of the season saw Maverick Vinales the man to take the stunning 500th win for Yamaha after a clash of the titans at Le Mans– with the tremors from the French GP felt throughout the Championship standings as the dust settles. With both Yamahas dueling on the last lap, the number 46 dramatically slid out of contention from behind his teammate to lose the Championship lead – and join Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez on the list of those leaving Le Mans empty handed.

The headlines came thick and fast, with Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) taking the lead off Viñales off the line and the two factory Yamaha machines slotting in behind. The Frenchman held firm at the front in style until Viñales made his move and once past, the rider from Roses pushed to make a gap and leave the Frenchman to duel it out with his teammate. Zarco? The rookie held on with some stunning pace in his home race.

As the gap finally began to grow, Rossi pulled the pin from third to overtake the Frenchman and go on the charge. The ‘Doctor’ reeled his teammate in at the front, passed him, and then looked to escape – but the two blue machines were set for a spectacular last lap duel.

It was the ‘Doctor’ ahead as that last lap dawned, before an uncharacteristic mistake let Viñales back through and the number 46 pushed hard to close back in. Close in he did, before the final stroke of drama for the day suddenly found the nine-time World Champion sliding out, watching his teammate disappear into the distance.

The Championship leader was points leader no more, with Viñales crossing the line for 25 points to overtake Rossi and gain big ground over Marquez.

Home hero Zarco kept it calm under the huge pressures of the incredible home crowd to then cross the line in second behind the factory Yamaha drama – with Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) completing the podium after an awesome slice through the field.

Pedrosa began the race in P13, was seventh after the first few laps and then pushed his way past Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) to set off after the frontrunners – closing in on Marquez before watching his teammate slide out. The number 93 pushed too hard and Pedrosa, after a magnificent win in Jerez and the drama in Le Mans, is now the man second in the title standings – only 17 off Vinales’ lead.

‘DesmoDovi’ fought off Crutchlow to take fourth from the Brit and then gain a gap, with the rider from Coventry completing the top five. Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) took a top six finish to gain an impressive ten places from his difficult grid position, with Jonas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in seventh.

Jack Miller (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) again hit his 2017 target despite a huge crash on Saturday to cross the line in the top ten in eighth, ahead of a fantastic home showing for Frenchman Loris Baz (Reale Avintia Racing) in ninth.

Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) completed the top ten after a more difficult race but took good points, with Tito Rabat (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) in P11 ahead of both Red Bull KTM Factory Racing machines in the points once again. Pol Espargaro bested the second ‘Bull’ of Bradley Smith by only half a second over the line, with the double points finish the perfect finish to a French GP that also saw the Austrian factory move through to Q2 for the first time with both riders.

Sam Lowes (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) took his first points in P14, with Alex Rins’ injury replacement Sylvain Guintoli (Team Suzuki Ecstar) scoring a point in fifteenth as the 2014 WorldSBK Champion had a solid ride back in MotoGP.

Full Result:

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 161.6 43'29.793
2 20 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 161.4 +3.134
3 16 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 161.1 +7.717
4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 160.9 +11.223
5 11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 160.8 +13.519
6 10 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 160.1 +24.002
7 9 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 160.0 +25.733
8 8 43 Jack MILLER AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 159.6 +32.603
9 7 76 Loris BAZ FRA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 158.8 +45.784
10 6 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 158.7 +48.332
11 5 53 Tito RABAT SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 158.5 +50.036
12 4 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 158.4 +52.661
13 3 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 158.4 +53.179
14 2 22 Sam LOWES GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 158.2 +55.432
15 1 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 157.6 +1'06.878
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    46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 161.6 1 Lap
    41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 159.8 5 Laps
    93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 160.9 11 Laps
    9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 159.7 11 Laps
    45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 149.1 21 Laps
    17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 151.4 23 Laps
    8 Hector BARBERA SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 153.6 25 Laps
 

         

 

 

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