MotoGPs warm-up practice at Jerez was done in the same half-and-half conditions that we’ve seen all weekend long, which forced the riders to go out with their rain tires.
Dani Pedrosa once again confirmed his competitiveness in these difficult conditions as posted his best time in 1’50″860 halfway through the session.
Thanks to a last lap lunge of ’1’51″340 Nicky Hayden grabbed the second spot followed by Andrea Dovizioso and pole sitter Jorge Lorenzo who was more than a second off pace.
Valentino Rossi who posted a dismal 13th place in yesterday’s qualifying session, leaped to 5th and shortened the gap to the front to ‘only’ 1.
2 seconds, while Karel Abraham pushed his GP12 sat Ducati up to sixth in the his last flying lap.
Ben Spies, Hector Barbera and Stefan Bradl followed in a tightly knit group while Aleix Espargaro took his Aprilia CRT machine to 10th.
Missing from the time sheet is Casey Stoner who decided to sit out the session and went out only to scrub in his rain tires as this afternoon’s race is expected to be wet – he was seen sitting in his garage rubbing his right forearm – so it looks like he’s still experiencing some twinges.
MotoGP Jerez Warm-up results:01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’50.
86002- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.
48003- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
61704- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
12305- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
20106- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
50807- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
53208- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
63109- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.
85110- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
10811- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda – + 2.
21412- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 2.
28513- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 2.
59514- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – FTR Kawasaki – + 2.
67415- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 2.
96016- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – FTR Kawasaki – + 3.
214 318- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 4.
38119- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 4.
46220- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 4.
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