Wet, cold and windy and this was the weather this morning at the Ricardo Tormo circuit at Valencia for MotoGP’s warm-up practice and the surprise of the morning was that AMA Superbike champion Josh Hayes who is riding for injured Colin Edwards, topped the timesheets with a best lap of 1.
40.
469 taking the lead after mounting slick tires in the finale of the session.
Hiroshi Aoyama was second and he grabbed his spot also on slick tires.
Casey Stoner lead most of the session ended up third and more than 3 seconds off pace, but he did the entire practice as most of the riders did on rain tires and on the damp track he hammered out fast laps, taking off almost a second every time he went around the track and leaving the rest of the field playing catch-up, but unable to get even close to him.
Andrea Dovizioso who suffered a dislocated left thumb in yesterday’s qualifying session was fourth, followed by Nicky Hayden and Loris Capirossi with his new leathers and career tribute helmet were fifth and sixth.
Ben Spies finished ahead of Valentino Rossi with Randy de Puniet in ninth and struggling slightly and Cal Crutchlow closed out the top ten.
MotoGP Valencia Warm-up practice results:01- Josh Hayes – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1’40.
46902- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
62703- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 3.
30104- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 4.
36005- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 4.
65206- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 5.
02707- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 5.
09008- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 5.
21209- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 5.
28310- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 5.
32611- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 5.
45912- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 5.
68913- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 5.
81514- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 7.
27815- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 7.
28816- Katsuyuki Nakasuga – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 7.
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