Jorge Lorenzo riding his Yamaha with the Fiat Punto Evo livery, headed the top of the timesheets in the first free practice at Estoril with a 1.
37.
185 after heading most of the session.
Second went to Dani Pedrosa who was 0.
359s from Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi was third, 0.
421sec from his team mate.
With one eye on track and one the timesheets, everyone was checking out how Casey Stoner would be doing after his three race break, and the Aussie didn’t disappoint, taking the fourth spot with a best time of 1’37.
966s, using the new fairing that Ducati brought to Estoril.
Colin Edwards was his usual fifth and Andrea Dovizioso and Randy DePuniet, were sixth and seventh respectively.
James Toseland, who will leaving MotoGP next year to return to the Superbike championship was eighth.
Alex DeAngelis, still with no ride next season was 9th and Mika Kallio, who contract was renewed, closed out the top ten.
Nicky Hayden was eleventh, while Suzuki riders Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen were 12th and 16th, Nicolò Canepa, another rider who doesn’t know where he’ll be going next year, took 13th.
Gabor Talmacsi wasn’t last in today’s practice, he was 14th, last place went to Marco Melandri.
MotoGP –Estoril Free Practice 1:01 Jorge LORENZO – Fiat Yamaha Team – 1′37.
18502 Dani PEDROSA – Repsol Honda Team – 1′37.
54403 Valentino ROSSI – Fiat Yamaha Team – 1′37.
60604 Casey STONER – Ducati Marlboro Team – 1′37.
96605 Colin EDWARDS – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – 1′38.
10306 Andrea DOVIZIOSO – Repsol Honda Team – 1′38.
24407 Randy DE PUNIET – LCR Honda MotoGP – 1′38.
38508 James TOSELAND – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – 1′38.
59109 Alex DE ANGELIS – San Carlo Honda Gresini – 1′38.
62910 Mika KALLIO – Pramac Racing – 1′38.
66111 Nicky HAYDEN – Ducati Marlboro Team – 1′38.
85012 Loris CAPIROSSI – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – 1′38.
97813 Niccolo CANEPA – Pramac Racing – 1′39.
03314 Gabor TALMACSI – Scot Racing Team MotoGP – 1′39.
39315 Toni ELIAS – San Carlo Honda Gresini – 1′39.
56716 Chris VERMEULEN – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – 1′39.
68617 Marco MELANDRI – Hayate Racing Team – 1′39.
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