It was a wet Brno this morning for almost the entire third free practice and Casey Stoner headed the top of the charts, despite a crash at turn 3 on his first flying lap.
Luckily the Australian walked away unhurt to finish the session with a best lap of 2.
07.
321.
Lap times were much tighter than yesterday with ten riders separated by just a little more that seven tenths of a second.
Jorge Lorenzo finished 2nd and was just 0.
005s from the current MotoGP standings leader.
As usual the Ducati’s performed much better in the wet; with Valentino Rossi taking the 3rd (+0.
122) and team mate Nicky Hayden was fifth and no doubt much happier than yesterday.
Dani Pedrosa who led both sessions yesterday was sandwiched between the two Ducatisti.
Hiroshi Aoyama and Cal Crutchlow were in sixth and seventh respectively, while Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Simoncelli and Ben Spies completed the top 10.
Rizla Suzuki’s wildcard John Hopkins also crashed at turn 3 and didn’t return to track, because he may have sustained a hand injury.
MotoGP Brno FP3 results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 2’07.
32102- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
00503- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 0.
12204- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
33105- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.
37406- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
42207- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
48508- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
55609- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
62310- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
76811- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
13912- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
19513- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
32314- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
56015- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.
61516- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
66417- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
72518- John Hopkins – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 6.
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