Monster Yamaha Tech 3's Pol Espargaro ended FP1 in 11th position in Qatar but persevered with the same tyre throughout the whole session on the satellite YZR-M1. Espargaro's time of 1m 56.361s left him in 11th place and 1.080s down on pacesetter Marc Marquez, but the 23-year-old – who clocked the fastest speed of the Yamaha riders of 344.6kph – isn't overly concerned after running with the same tyre in FP1. “Today was not a bad start to the 2015 season as we were fast straight away. However, we used the same tyre for the whole session and I wasn't able to improve as the practice came to an end,” he said. “In addition, I made a small mistake at the beginning of the session where I...
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