MotoGPs final free practice at Silverstone was done in the worst possible conditions, the track were treacherously damp as it first started drizzling during Moto3s practice session and several drops of rain wet the surface occasionally during the 45 minutes and these tricky conditions immediately caught out several riders from Ivan Silva, to Stefan Bradl who sustained a fracture to his 4th finger of his left hand and getting the worse was Cal Crutchlow, who had a hard crash at the Chapel.
The British rider tumbled towards the gravel trap and seemed have hit his head and then his shoulder, but the first medical assessments are reporting a suspected fracture to his left ankle with ligament damage and a suspected collarbone fracture.
Casey Stoner was the fastest rider heading into this afternoon’s qualifying.
The Australian bettered his lap time in the dying minutes of session posting a 2’03″941, which was four tenths faster than championship rival Jorge Lorenzo, who finally moved up the timesheets to take second.
Ben Spies took the third spot just 0.
070s from his team mate and ahead of Yamaha satellite rider Andrea Dovizioso.
Alvaro Bautista had another good session and he was 5th with his satellite Honda and the last rider to be within a second from the top of timesheets and he was ahead of Dani Pedrosa who seems to be struggling at the British circuit (last year he missed the English GP due to injury).
Nicky Hayden was once again the fastest Ducati rider in 7th, followed by Pramac Ducati’s Hector Barbera and Valentino Rossi.
The Italian has yet to find a proper set-up as he was still a massive 2.
6 seconds from Stoner.
With Bradl and Crutchlow in the medical center, Randy de Puniet put his ART into 10th.
MotoGP Silverstone FP3 results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 2’03.
941 02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
416 03- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
486 04- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
625 05- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.
945 06- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 1.
080 07- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
173 08- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
436 09- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
607 10- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 3.
249 11- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 3.
418 12- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda – + 3.
905 13- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 4.
623 14- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 4.
754 15- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 5.
334 16- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 5.
702 17- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 6.
107 18- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 7.
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