Bancaja Aprilia's Bradley Smith set the quickest time in 125GP free practice today but reckons he might have to change some settings at Misano tomorrow to cope with the windy conditions.

The Oxfordshire copper-top outpaced team-mate and championship leader Julian Simon this morning but reckons that he may have to play with his bike's gearing if it is windy again for qualifying.

"I'm pretty happy today because my Aprilia worked really well even though the wind and heat made it difficult. We have to make a few alterations to deal with the wind that perhaps won't be the best thing for the lap time but should make the bike easier to ride," said Smith.

"The engine was perfect, which you can see by the fact that we set the highest top speed, and that is really positive. Even though this is just the first day that track was in good shape and improved throughout the session. Hopefully the wind drops a little tomorrow so that we can work on our race set-up.

"It's great that we've been able to start out here at the same level as Indianapolis and the fact we're up there shows we're working in the right direction."