Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy website Melandri 6th and Davies 9th in Friday's practice sessions at Phillip Island: the first race of 2018 awaits the Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team
february 23, 2018 - Ducati

Melandri 6th and Davies 9th in Friday's practice sessions at Phillip Island: the first race of 2018 awaits the Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team


The Aruba.it #racing - Ducati team resumed action on track today at Phillip Island (Australia) for the first free-practice sessions of the 2018 #worldsbk Championship. With a new format, which translates into three 40-minute sessions, the riders practiced in the wet early on, but then took advantage of improving weather conditions. #marcomelandri and #chazdavies finished respectively in 6th and 9th position in the combined rankings, both gaining direct access to Superpole 2. 

In particular, Melandri worked with positive feedback on the weight distribution on his Panigale R to improve stability on the main straight, posting a 1:30.973 in FP2 and then focusing on tire wear. Davies, on the other hand, was one of the few riders capable to improve his lap times in FP3, in conditions theoretically more similar to those of the race, posting a 1:31.515. 

The Aruba.it #racing - Ducati team will resume action Saturday at 09:40 local time (CET +10) for the fourth and last free-practice session ahead of Superpole and Race 1, scheduled to start at 15:00.

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