American Yamaha rider Ben Spies was quick to find his form today in the first practice sessions for Sunday’s Indianapolis Grand Prix.
Spies was second fastest at the end of the day, nearly half a second faster than his Spanish team mate Jorge Lorenzo and only 0.295 seconds behind Spain's Dani Pedrosa. The track was dirty at the start, but times soon started to drop in the afternoon as more fresh rubber was laid down.
Current championship leader Jorge Lorenzo had a slow start to the day, finding the track conditions more challenging in the search for fast consistent times. The Spaniard picked up pace considerably from the session in the morning to finish behind Texan in third at the end of the day.
Ben Spies
"The track definitely made a huge improvement from the morning to the afternoon today. The bike is working really well; we made some small changes then just worked on race set up. We used hard tyres for the whole time and were able to set our fastest lap and be consistent with a lot of laps on the tyres, which is encouraging. We’ll try the softer tyres tomorrow to see if we can pick up some speed for qualifying but for the race set up the bike is good."
Jorge Lorenzo
"We were better this afternoon than this morning. We managed to get closer to the first position. I didn’t feel great on the track today so I hope we can improve the feeling for tomorrow. This track seems to be quite difficult for us to find a good set up. I’m struggling on the entry to the corners where I don’t seem to have much grip."
Press release courtesy of Yamaha Factory Racing.
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2024 F1 Championship Standings (as of April 20)
P | Driver | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 85 |
2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 70 |
3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 64 |
4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 59 |
5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 40 |
6 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 34 |
7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 25 |
8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 24 |
9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 17 |
10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 9 |
11 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 7 |
12 | Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | 6 |
13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas | 3 |
14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1 |
15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 0 |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 0 |
17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 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 | 155 |
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2 | Scuderia Ferrari | 129 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1 | ||
3 | McLaren F1 Team | 74 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
4 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 42 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
5 | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 33 |
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7 | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 4 |
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8 | Williams Racing | 0 |
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10 | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 0 |
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P | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Racing | 80 |
2 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo | 59 |
3 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | 56 |
4 | Pedro Acosta | GASGAS Tech3 | 54 |
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19 | Alex Rins | Monster Energy Yamaha | 3 |
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1 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 109 |
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2 | Aprilia Racing | 95 |
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5 | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 | 61 |
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6 | Gresini Racing MotoGP | 50 |
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7 | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | 45 |
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Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
9 | Trackhouse Racing | 20 |
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10 | Repsol Honda Team | 7 |
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0 | ||
11 | LCR Honda Team | 7 |
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