This morning’s free practice at Estoril was extended to one hour after having lost yesterday’s morning practice due to bad weather, but FP3 wasn’t much better, because the session was wet.
Jorge Lorenzo, wearing his Astronaut Moon Landing helmet that he used to win last year’s race at Estoril, set the fastest time with 1.
48.
853, and then had a big highside in the final minutes of the session, but with his Dainese D-Air leathers deploying, managed to walk away with no apparent injuries.
The second spot on the provisional grid before this afternoon’s qualifying session was Valentino Rossi, who was more than half a second adrift from his team mate, while Andrea Dovizioso moved up to third, but was a massive 1.
1 seconds from Lorenzo.
Both factory Ducati riders suffered highsides.
Casey Stoner in the opening minutes and Nicky Hayden just 10 minutes later.
Both riders were able to return to track, with Stoner coming in fourth and Hayden who was seen limping away from his crash, dropping back from yesterday’s 2nd place to 13thColin Edwards recovered from his crash yesterday to move up to 5th and was followed by Marco Simoncelli and Aleix Espargaro.
Marco Melandri and injured Loris Capirossi closed out the top ten.
MotoGP Estoril FP3 Results:01- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1’48.
85302- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
58203- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.
15404- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
22805- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
46006- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
64707- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
93408- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.
97109- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 2.
39710- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 2.
66511- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 3.
06312- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 3.
88113- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 4.
16514- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 4.
46415- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 4.
68416- Carlos Checa – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 5.
08017- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 5.
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