The weather as expected at Jerez took a turn for the worse and played a part in this morning’s MotoGP warm-up session, that saw Casey Stoner lead the field with a best lap of 1.
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The Australian competitive and at ease in both dry and damp conditions, followed by Valentino Rossi and his first time on the Ducati Desmosedici in damp conditions, wishing that he’d qualified better than a lowly 12th yesterday.
Andrea Dovizioso was third, hoping that Jerez will be a Donington 2009 repeat where he won his very first MotoGP race in the wet.
Nicky Hayden made a big step up on the timesheet to take fourth.
While front row runners Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa probably decided that the warm-up session wasn’t the best time to take any risks and finished in 5th and 7th respectively.
With this type of weather conditions anything could happen in this afternoon’s race.
MotoGP Jerez Warm-up results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’50.
29702- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.
59103- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
84004- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.
87905- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
97606- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
16507- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.
17908- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
72809- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
75310- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 2.
07911- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
86612- John Hopkins – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 3.
03213- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 3.
23814- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 3.
29215- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 3.
66616- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 4.
30917- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 6.
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