The opening day of play for Ducati at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit came to a close with Jorge Lorenzo in a very pleasing fourth place after the second free practice session was held on an almost totally dry track.
The first session in the morning had been held in wet conditions due to intermittent rain that fell on the Andalusian track throughout the 45 minutes. At the end of FP1 Lorenzo was classified in ninth place overall.
In the afternoon Jorge fitted soft rear tyres towards the end of the session to set the fourth best time of the day with a 1'40.291.
"Probably today was my best practice session this season, especially because the sensations in the final run with a new tyre were very good,” the Spaniard explained. “Every time I get on the Desmosedici the feeling gets better and better and, although we still have a lot of work to do, especially with used tyres."
"And thinking of the future, today we finished positively and I was the first Ducati rider with fourth quickest time. It's true that we are still some way off the leaders and that tomorrow we will have to confirm that we have made a step forward, but I think that we have margin for improvement.”
