"Today we will have the number 74 on all of our bikes - a fitting tribute to a great champion who will always remain in our hearts and who we want to be remembered forever" - Fausto Gresini.
Fabio Leimer proved unstoppable in qualifying, repeating his dominating practice form to once again go faster by a second as he claimed the feature pole.
'I was literally on the back straight, flat out and as soon as I shut the throttle there was about a second and then it felt like getting side-swiped by a car' - Tommy Bridewell
Racing Engineering's Fabio Leimer set a blistering lap early in the Friday practice session that left him a full second clear of the rest of the field.
A restructuring at Caterham across its GP2 and F1 teams means that China's Ma Qing Hua appears to be without a seat, replaced in the feeder series by Alexander Rossi.
"There's no launch control, traction control or anti-wheelie. It puts the rider in control and cuts out one area where there could be a number of problems" - Stuart Easton.