MotoGP Laguna Seca: Casey Stoner Fastest in Friday’s Free Practice

Casey Stoner commanded today’s free practice at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Ducati rider was the first rider to break the 1.
22 mark and seemed untouchable throughout the one hour practice session laying down a best lap of 1′21″699 and leaving points leader Jorge Lorenzo in second and 0.
233s off the Aussie’s lap time.

Andrea Dovizioso, who may lose his factory ride next season, took the third best time ahead of his team mate Dani Pedrosa in fourth and 0.
860sec from Stoner.
Ben Spies with his new updates on his Monster Yamaha M1 and perfect knowledge of the Laguna Seca circuit grabbed fifth.
Spies was 0.
020s faster than sixth place Valentino Rossi was almost a second off of Stoner’s best time, spending the session searching for his race pace on hard tires.
Nicky Hayden was seventh closely followed by Colin Edwards who was just 0.
069s from the Ducati factory rider.
Marco Melandri took ninth ahead of a flurry of riders who are at Laguna Seca for the first time.
Aleix Espargaro and Mika Kallio were tenth and eleventh, respectively.

It was the first on track time for both Pramac Ducati riders as Kallio, who missed last year’s race after picking up a hand injury at Assen.
Marco Simoncelli took twelfth after crashing on his third lap and he was followed by Hector Barbera.
Alex de Angelis took the 14th fastest time coming to grips on his second outing with the Interwetten Honda bike.
Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista were 15th and 16th.
Roger Lee Hayden who was called in to replace the injured Randy de Puniet was 17th on his first ride on the LCR Honda.
MotoGP Laguna Seca FP1 Results:01- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1′21.
69902- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
23303- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
52604- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
86005- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
94106- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
96107- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
20308- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
27209- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
32210- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
99411- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.
12612- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 2.
30313- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.
62714- Alex De Angelis – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.
91615- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 3.
01116- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 3.
33217- Roger Hayden – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 3.
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