"Well that's going to make things interesting now. It's a new track and today we got a little bit of a feel for it, learned which way it goes and the track seems ok. It's a little bit tight in a few places but the grip in the rain is not as bad as I'd heard it might be," said the Repsol Honda rider, who set the sixth fastest time. "It was quite bumpy, even in the wet, and with some of the corners you can tell that you're going backwards - they're pretty open on the entry and tight on the exit. It's going to be tight and a little bit hard to pass here but the layout isn't exactly too tricky - for instance there's no blind corners. It looks like the fast corners at the end of the back straight are going to be the most technical, tricky section and it's the fast corners where you can make up the most time. We'll come back tomorrow ready to put in a hard day's work."
Team-mate
Dani Pedrosa was 12th fastest and believes Friday's cancellations will make Sunday's San Marino GP hard to predict.
"Tomorrow morning we will have a lot to do in the two-hour session. Also, because we've lost the time this afternoon, it will be tricky to choose race tyres and set-up because the temperature and conditions in the afternoon are different to the morning," he said. "Effectively we'll have just half an hour of afternoon time to do this before we use the qualifying tyres towards the end of the session. So, it's going to be a busy day!"
