The weather conditions in this morning’s MotoGP FP3 at Indianapolis were perfect and this time Casey Stoner solved the issues he had yesterday afternoon and he laid down his first fastlap just 10 minutes into the session in 1.
39.
740 and he was already faster than Dani Pedrosa’s record time from yesterday and then after a pit stop shaved off another two tenths from his previous and then his best run saw him stop the clock in 1.
39.
182 and a whisker away from his last year’s pole position time.
he was followed by his Repsol Honda team mate who was adrift by 0.
187s.
Ben Spies was the fastest Yamaha rider again finishing in third and finally completely at ease riding his M1, while a highly impressive Stefan Bradl took the fourth spot on the timesheets.
Tech3’s Andrea Dovizioso was fifth and he was the last rider to be within a second from Stoner and he followed by Alvaro Bautista.
Jorge Lorenzo looks like he hasn’t been able to solve his set-up issues and he ended up 7th and more than 1.
1 seconds from the Repsol Honda duo.
Valentino Rossi took 8th and you can tell how much the current points leader is struggling because the Ducati rider was behind him by just 0.
009s Cal Crutchlow was down in 9th in the final minutes of the session and he suffered another disappointing crash.
Nicky Hayden was 10th but he was just a little more one tenth slower than he soon-to-be ex team mate.
Aleix Espargaro and Yonny Hernandez were the fastest CRT riders and separated by a mere 0.
018s.
Toni Elias who is replacing the very unlucky Barbera finished in 16th, but he may not be called upon to ride Barbera’s Ducati in the next round at Brno and it looks like Pramac is eyeing Danilo Petrucci as his replacement rider if they get permission from Giampiero Sacchi and Elias could end up riding his Ioda CRT.
MotoGP Indianapolis FP3 Results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’39.
182 02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
187 03- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
204 04- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 0.
499 05- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
836 06- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 1.
024 07- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
157 08- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
166 09- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
220 10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
331 11- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
273 12- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – + 2.
291 13- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
524 14- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
542 15- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 2.
566 16- Toni Elias – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 3.
181 17- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda MGP12 – + 3.
710 18- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – + 3.
764 19- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 3.
800 20- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 4.
138 21- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 4.
159 22- Steve Rapp – Attack Performance – Attack Performance APR – + 4.
997 23- Aaron Yates – GPTech – BCL GP212 – + 6.
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