World champion Jorge Lorenzo was fastest after a rain-hit first practice session for Sunday’s MotoGP round at Estoril.
The Spaniard clinched his maiden title three weeks ago in Sepang and has won on the Portuguese circuit for the last two seasons.
And he proved untouchable again on Friday as a lap of one minute 48.522 seconds set the benchmark, over a tenth of a second ahead of nearest challenger Nicky Hayden.
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MotoGP: Rain Halts First Practice at Estoril
MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo Fastest in Second Practice at Estoril
Lorenzo’s Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi was third fastest ahead of Casey Stoner, who will seek his fourth win in five races on his Ducati. The Press Association
Ben Spies secured his almost customary fifth but was 1.2s off the pace with Gresini Honda’s Marco Melandri demoting De Puniet for seventh with his last lap of the session. Marco Simoncelli took eighth while Repsol Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso was ninth after a crash. Loris Capirossi rounded out the top ten.
Colin Edwards was just behind Hector Barbera for 12th and both of them crashed in separate incidents while injured Dani Pedrosa secured 13th. Carlos Checa finished last and is a massive six seconds off the pace. BSN
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1'48.522 2 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'48.657 3 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1'48.883 4 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1'49.061 5 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'49.721 6 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'49.784 7 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1'50.043 8 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 1'51.283 9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 1'52.294 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'52.575 11 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1'53.131 12 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'53.510 13 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'53.592 14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1'53.769 15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1'54.389 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'54.410 17 71 Carlos CHECA Pramac Racing Team 1'54.444
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