The Ducati Team started its preparation for this weekend's Indianapolis Grand Prix, which will take at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, also known as the Brickyard.
Last night's rainstorm reduced the asphalt’s grip level, the track conditions gradually improved throughout the day. In the second session, both Ducati riders were considerably faster than they had been in the first session, lapping at around the pace of the second group. The American ended the day ninth and his Italian team mate tenth. For both Ducati riders, the goal for tomorrow is to improve the bike’s handling in corners and to reduce the gap to the front.
Nicky Hayden
“It’s nice to be back with the team and on the bike. This morning things went pretty well. With the rain last night, it took a while to dry out the track and get some rubber down, but we got going okay. This afternoon we tried a couple of things, but we didn’t make a big step like we had hoped. We got some more grip in the rear, but then we started to push the front worse. We improved by a second, but everyone else improved a lot more. Some of these corners are really connected, and it’s important to get the bike to turn, because if you mess up the first one, the problem gets exaggerated. We need to understand why we’re having this turning issue and hopefully do a good step tomorrow.”
Valentino Rossi
“We lowered our time by two seconds in the afternoon because the track’s grip was improving lap by lap, and I think we’ll see the same tomorrow. The feeling of riding is better compared to last year, but we’re still having a very hard time with corner entry, especially in the lefthanders. We’re also losing a lot on the exits of the two slow corners. This afternoon, I used the same hard tyre the whole time in order to check its performance after many laps, because I don’t think it will be possible to do the whole race with the soft. Anyway, tomorrow we’ll try it. We have a number of things to sort out, but the second group isn’t far off.”
Press release courtesy of Ducati Team.
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2024 F1 Championship Standings (as of May 5)
P | Driver | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 136 |
2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 103 |
3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 98 |
4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 83 |
5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 83 |
6 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 41 |
7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 37 |
8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 33 |
9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 27 |
10 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 14 |
11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 9 |
12 | Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | 6 |
13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas | 6 |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 5 |
15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1 |
16 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1 |
17 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 0 |
18 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 0 |
19 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber | 0 |
20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 0 |
21 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber | 0 |
P | Team | Points |
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1 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 239 |
Poles: 6 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 4 | ||
2 | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 187 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1 | ||
3 | McLaren F1 Team | 124 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1 | ||
4 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 64 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
5 | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 42 |
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6 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | 19 |
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7 | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 7 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
8 | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1 |
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9 | Williams Racing | 0 |
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10 | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 0 |
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P | Rider | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Racing | 92 |
2 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo | 75 |
3 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo | 70 |
4 | Pedro Acosta | GASGAS Tech3 | 69 |
5 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | 63 |
6 | Marc Marquez | Gresini Racing | 60 |
7 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM | 59 |
8 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing | 39 |
9 | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | 36 |
10 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | 34 |
11 | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing | 27 |
12 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha | 25 |
13 | Miguel Oliveira | Trackhouse Racing | 23 |
14 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM | 22 |
15 | Raul Fernandez | Trackhouse Racing | 12 |
16 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda | 12 |
17 | Augusto Fernandez | GASGAS Tech3 | 10 |
18 | Dani Pedrosa | Red Bull KTM | 7 |
19 | Franco Morbidelli | Pramac Racing | 6 |
20 | Alex Rins | Monster Energy Yamaha | 6 |
21 | Johann Zarco | LCR Honda Castrol | 5 |
22 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | 4 |
23 | Luca Marini | Repsol Honda | 0 |
24 | Stefan Bradl | Team HRC | 0 |
25 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Racing | 0 |
P | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 145 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 2 | ||
2 | Aprilia Racing | 102 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 1 | ||
3 | Prima Pramac Racing | 98 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 1 | ||
4 | Gresini Racing MotoGP | 87 |
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
5 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 81 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
6 | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 | 79 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
7 | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | 70 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
8 | Trackhouse Racing | 35 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
9 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 31 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
10 | Repsol Honda Team | 12 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
11 | LCR Honda Team | 9 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 |