Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo on Thursday powered his Yamaha to the fastest time in the first free practice session for the Dutch Moto GP on the 4.542km Assen circuit.
The Dutch Moto GP is the sixth race in the motorcycling world championship and Lorenzo, who won at Silverstone last week, is the title favourite after team-mate Valentino Rossi broke his leg in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
Lorenzo, 23, has now won three of the five races so far this season with two second-place finishes. AFP
The Spaniard consistently improved his time at the top, but was put under pressure from Ducati’s Casey Stoner, who finished just 0.011sec off Lorenzo. The Australian’s team-mate Nicky Hayden a further half-second back.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Colin Edwards was next up in the order and was just 0.013s off Hayden as he found an improved feeling on his machine.
Repsol Honda pair Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa were separated by just five-hundredths of a second in fifth and sixth places respectively. Auto Racing Daily
Pos. Num. Rider Team 1 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 2 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 4 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 6 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 8 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 10 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 12 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 13 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 14 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 16 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI Interwetten Honda MotoGP
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