Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner has continued his dominance of MotoGP free practice at Barcelona, setting the fastest time in the third and final session with a 1’42.691 but a late charge by Jorge Lorenzo saw him cut the Aussie’s advantage to 0.122s.
Lorenzo went round in 1’42.813 on his 18th lap while team-mate Ben Spies pulled himelf into fourth place late on with a 1’43.478.
The Yamahas are splitting the Honda’s nicely with Marco Simoncelli’s Gresini bike in third on a 1’43.130 and Andrea Dovizioso, on the remaining Repsol bike, in fifth but nearly a second off the pace. BSN
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MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in First Practice at Catalunya
MotoGP: Catalunya Grand Prix - First Practice Results
MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in Second Practice at Catalunya
MotoGP: Catalunya Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in Final Practice at Catalunya
Nicky Hayden followed in sixth, the final rider within a second of Casey Stoners time, and for the third time this weekend was the fastest Ducati Team finisher, his team mate Valentino Rossi finished in eighth after crashing in turn five three quarters of the way into practice. Rossi was unhurt and was able to re-enter the track to finish out the practice.
Cal Crutchlow, the only Monster Yamaha Tech 3 on track, finished in 7th yesterday and today repeated the same finish, improving his time by almost a second from the day before.
Loris Capirossi (Pramac Racing) was ninth in the times, having crashed just minutes before Rossi crashed in the same corner. He also walked away unhurt.
Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki), determined to make a better showing after missing two rounds due to injury, finished in 10th place, gaining 1.246s over his best time of the day before.
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'42.691 2 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'42.813 3 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'43.130 4 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'43.478 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'43.628 6 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'43.669 7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'43.883 8 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'44.364 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1'44.457 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'44.504 11 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'44.510 12 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'44.541 13 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'44.642 14 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'44.762 15 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'44.963 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3
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