This morning’s warm-up practice at a very cool Laguna Seca saw only 17 riders take to track, as Randy de Puniet has wisely withdrawn from this afternoon’s race due to fractures (vertebra and pelvis) sustained in Saturday’s qualifying session.
The 20 minute session saw Casey Stoner finish on top and lay down a 1.
21.
747, which allowed him to finish first and clear of a limping Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso by 0.
248s.
Lorenzo and Dovizioso posted the the exact lap time.
Ben Spies was very close behind the Spaniard and Italian, just a mere 0.
023s, followed by Marco Simoncelli and the two factory Ducatis with Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi (0.
951s).
Dani Pedrosa was only eighth, with Cal Crutchlow and Alvaro Bautista closing out the top ten.
MotoGP Laguna Seca Warm-up results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’21.
74702- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
24803- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
24804- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
27105- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
39406- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.
73307- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 0.
95108- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
97109- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
31610- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
40511- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
49712- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
92513- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
94414- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 2.
20915- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.
58916- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 3.
14817- Ben Bostrom – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 4.
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