It was a super wet warm-up practice at Silverstone and the weather forecast for this afternoon’s races is predicting more of the same, and the riders gingerly took to the track to fine tune their wet set-ups and it was again Casey Stoner who set the best time of 2.
19.
071 in the 20 minute session and looking unstoppable.
Stoner was followed by Jorge Lorenzo who was just a little less than five tenths of second adrift and by Silverstone’s new favourite rider Marco Simoncelli who was a big 1.
528 from Stoner.
The gaps were even bigger from Simoncelli down, ranging from more than 2 to 14 seconds, and if Stoner continues his incredible form we might even see riders lapped by the Australian during the race.
Valentino Rossi was 8th, but lost the front of his Ducati and crashed out at the Club Corner adding to his already miserable British weekend, Randy de Puniet also crashed out at the same turn.
MotoGP Silverstone Warm-up results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 2’19.
07102- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
42803- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
52804- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 2.
60105- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 2.
62906- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 4.
49307- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 4.
95808- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 5.
42609- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 5.
64410- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 7.
65211- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 8.
04112- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 8.
15313- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 8.
40014- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 10.
29915- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 14.
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