A deluge of rain prevented anyone from putting in a meaningful lap in the opening MotoGP free practice session at Estoril this morning with only Interwetten Honda’s Hiro Aoyama doing any kind of time but even he was 46s slower than Jorge Lorenzo’s 2008 pole.
Carlos Checa ventured out for one lap on the Pramac Ducati but thought better of it as it was simply too wet to do any kind useful setup.
Marco Simoncelli played cards with her crew in the Gresini Honda garage while Valentino Rossi’s mechanic Alex Briggs spent the time on Twitter. BSN
Standing water on parts of the track and poor visibility meant that the risky conditions remained untested by the majority of the riders.
The MotoGP riders will hope for improved conditions for the scheduled second practice, which is due to get underway at 2.05pm local time, weather permitting. Motogp.com
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