Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa fired a warning shot across the bows of the Aragon MotoGP field in first free practice this morning, lapping almost half a second faster than Jorge Lorenzo to top the timesheet with team-mate Casey Stoner in third.
Pedrosa managed to put in three laps faster than his fellow, Yamaha-mounted Spaniard and is finding a lot of his time through the final two corners.
His last lap of 1’50.281 was set just as the chequered flag came out, sealed the deal ahead of Lorenzo’s 1’50.730 which had put him top with five minutes left to run.
Stoner, as always, set the early pace and was top of the pile until Lorenzo found his form.
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MotoGP: Aragon Grand Prix - First Practice Results
San Carlo Honda’s Marco Simoncelli yo-yo’d in and out of the top four all session but just scraped back in with his last lap of a 1’50.893 to demote lifelong rival Andrea Dovizioso into fifth. BSN
Pramac Racing’s Randy de Puniet was the fastest Ducati in the session, laying down a lap of 1’51.376 to take the sixth spot in the timings, while Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) rode his factory Desmosedici into seventh just 0.042s behind the Frenchman.
Valentino Rossi debuted a new aluminum chassis replacing the current carbon fiber one and after running off the track twice upon his first outing with it, the Ducati Team rider elected to continue with the new frame for the remainder of the session to post the eighth fastest time behind his team mate.
Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was ninth in the timings ahead of steadily recovering and improving Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) in tenth. motogp
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