Stoner dominates Friday practice at Le Mans

Stoner dominates Friday practice at Le Mans

LE MANS – Flywheel Honda, Yamaha on the track historically friend: another confirmation of the superiority of the RC212V. Four Honda in front of everyone in the early morning shift – in the order: Stoner (1’34 “133), Pedrosa (1’34″ 431), Dovizioso (1’34 “808), Simoncelli (1’35″ 029) -, three in the afternoon – Stoner, Pedrosa Simoncelli and – with Casey Stoner author of an excellent 1’33 “782. The first pilot riding a Honda, a little ‘surprise, Nicky Hayden, separated by 870 milliseconds, the first is that Yamaha of Jorge Lorenzo, fifth at 877 milliseconds, while Valentino Rossi is only the ninth in a “184.

STONER AWESOME
On a sunny day, the real ruler was Stoner, who in the afternoon session showcased an impressive rate. Casey got his best time on the 13th of 20 laps in a fast series: 1’34 “043, 1’33″ 799, 1’33 “782. Then Stoner has found himself in front of Rossi and slowed dramatically. But the last exit was not bad: 1’34 “201, 1’34″ 073, 1’34 “168, 1’33″ 967! In short, the kangaroo is already in place, but so are the other Honda, Marco Simoncelli with excellent second and once again very consistent. Mark, like many of his colleagues, was the author of a straight in the afternoon session, but the improvement over nine tenths of the morning confirmed that Mark and his team are working well and in the right direction. Dani Pedrosa was among the few who do not improve in the afternoon (for only four cents), but it was still constantly at the top, but after a good beginning is more difficult in Andrea Dovizioso (even for him straight), which only Final managed to climb up to sixth.

MORE HAYDEN ‘FAST RED
Taking advantage of the “pull” of Dovizioso, Hayden was able to gain a quarter-time, turning three tenths faster than Valentino Rossi. In Ducati was a long waiting list to check the validity of the new chassis, which debuted officially in the test after the race in Portugal for the time being, the fastest time he says we are more or less the same level of the previous cycle and pictures television showed large movements, both during acceleration and braking, the GP11.

YAMAHA BACK
But if the difficulties of the Ducati are still in line with the start of the season, those are Yamaha unexpected, on a track that has always been a friend of the M1. Jorge Lorenzo, who won here two years running, finished fifth, and gotten almost nine tenths (0 “877): too many on a track where the engine should have less of the chassis. Lorenzo, however, always tries to put a piece, which is unable to his teammate, for the time being only the tenth.

Rank
1 27 Casey STONER AUS 288.5 Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’33 .782
2 58 Marco ITA SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1’34 .186 282.9 0404 / 0404
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’34 .478 272.8 0696 / 0292
4 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1’34 .652 282.6 0870 / 0174
5 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1’34 .659 277.5 0877 / 0007
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’34 .705 282.1 0923 / 0046
7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Monster Yamaha 1’34 .939 277.8 1157 / 0234
8 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1’34 .959 286.6 1177 / 0020
9 46 Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1’34 .966 285.5 1184 / 0007
10 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1’34 .976 288.9 1194 / 0010
11 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1’34 .998 283.8 1216 / 0022
12 35 Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’35 .158 287.8 1376 / 0160
Loris ITA 13 65 CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1’35 .383 279.4 1601 / 0225
14 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Ducati MotoGP 1’35 .902 276.4 2120 / 0519
15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1’35 .992 275.6 2210 / 0090
16 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Honda LCR Honda MotoGP 1’36 .304 275.0 2522 / 0312
17 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 278.7 1’36 .327 Ducati 2545 / 0023

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