Luca Marini was the lone Repsol Honda Team rider on Friday as Joan Mir battled illness, the home hero doing his best to prepare for the weekend.
Improving his best lap time by half a second between the sessions, Luca Marini was the author to a busy opening day at his home race but was left wanting more. Working on a two pronged approach, the Italian and his side of the garage began to run through items ahead of the Monday Test while looking for improvements to increase their pace this weekend.
Setting a best lap of 1’32.388 late in the afternoon, the #10 was a second shy of the top ten as 1.7 seconds split the majority of the field and Marini ultimately finished in 22nd overall. The objective overnight is to improve one lap pace.
Joan Mir spent Friday continuing his recovery from a bout of illness, he and the Repsol Honda Team are aiming to be back out on track from Saturday.