MotoGP – First Free Practise Session at Jerez de la Frontera on Friday 1st April 2011

As the first sessions of the “Gran Premio de España” get under way at the Jerez circuit its Casey Stoner that doesn’t waste any time getting to the top of the sheets.  It takes him only 15 laps to put the 1.39.551 which keeps him at the top for the rest of the session.

As suspected though, most of the “paint swapping” action of the session is provided by the two Honda riders Casey Stoner and Danny Pedrosa.   Danny finished in 2^nd place only 0.028 behind his team mate with a time of 1.39.579

Valentino Rossi fans are ecstatic to him closer than he has been of late and in touch with the impressive Honda’s.  He finished the session in 3^rd place a mere 0.526 behind Casey with a lap of 1.40.077

Conditions at the track today were Dry with an Air Temperature of 22°, Humidity of 38% and a Ground Temperature of 26°.  Last year’s conditions were a bit warmer with the Ground Temperature being 42°, almost double what it was today, but then again last year this round was a month later.

Final Session Results

1              27           Casey STONER                      AUS         Repsol Honda Team             HONDA 1'39.551

2              26           Dani PEDROSA                     SPA         Repsol Honda Team             HONDA 1'39.579

3              46           Valentino ROSSI                    ITA          Ducati Team                          DUCATI 1'40.077

4              58           Marco SIMONCELLI             ITA          San Carlo Honda Gresini     HONDA 1'40.176

5              1              Jorge LORENZO                   SPA         Yamaha Factory Racing       YAMAHA 1'40.420

6              4              Andrea DOVIZIOSO              ITA          Repsol Honda Team             HONDA 1'40.429

7              11           Ben SPIES                             USA         Yamaha Factory Racing       YAMAHA 1'40.887

8              5              Colin EDWARDS                  USA         Monster Yamaha Tech 3     YAMAHA 1'41.063

9              14           Randy DE PUNIET                FRA         Pramac Racing Team           DUCATI 1'41.064

10           69           Nicky HAYDEN                      USA         Ducati Team                         DUCATI 1'41.233

11           17           Karel ABRAHAM                   CZE          Cardion AB Motoracing      DUCATI 1'41.398

12           8              Hector BARBERA                 SPA         Mapfre Aspar MotoGP        DUCATI 1'41.601

13           7              Hiroshi AOYAMA                 JPN          San Carlo Honda Gresini     HONDA 1'41.816

14           35           Cal CRUTCHLOW                 GBR         Monster Yamaha Tech 3     YAMAHA 1'41.949

15           24           Toni ELIAS                             SPA         LCR Honda MotoGP             HONDA 1'42.157

16           65           Loris CAPIROSSI                   ITA          Pramac Racing Team           DUCATI 1'42.313

17           21           John HOPKINS                      USA         Rizla Suzuki MotoGP            SUZUKI 1'42.538

All I can say is…I’m very much looking forward to the next session later today…are you?

Thanks

Jen