Italian Marco Simoncelli of the Honda team dominated on Thursday’s first practice for the weekend’s Dutch MotoGP ahead of Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner.
In the rain-disrupted session, Simoncelli lapped 0.360sec ahead of Ducati’s Rossi, with Honda’s Australian rider and series leader Stoner close to half a second down on the latter Italian.
Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, on a Yamaha, won here last season and came in fifth behind Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso of Italy. Times of India
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Cal Crutchlow, after breaking his collarbone only two weeks ago at his home Silverstone race, stuck in out for 13 laps to lay down a time that put him sixth in the standings.
Rookie Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) carried his form over from the weekend in Silverstone with the seventh-fastest time, finishing the practice ahead of Americans Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in eighth, Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) ninth and Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) in tenth. Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) followed with 11th place.
Hiroshi Aoyama who is replacing the injured Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda team, put in a 12th fastest time in the wet session. motogp.com
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 1'49.036 2 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'49.396 3 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'49.527 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 1'49.640 5 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'49.995 6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'50.386 7 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'50.413 8 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'50.968 9 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'51.277 10 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'51.590 11 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'52.646 12 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Repsol Honda Team 1'53.132 13 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'53.164 14 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'53.323 15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1'53.348 16 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'53.353 17 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'53.562
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