On the new and revised fast flowing Silverstone circuit where all the riders had to learn the track, it was points leader Jorge Lorenzo who took the top spot with a best lap of 2.
05″991 and the first rider to hit the 2.
05 mark, before rain hit with three minutes to go in the session.
Casey Stoner was fast during the entire session and took second and was just 0.
142s behind Lorenzo.
Third went to Andrea Dovizioso who was 0.
356s.
HRC has brought another chassis for the riders to test, but it wasn’t used in this afternoon’s free practice,Randy de Puniet was one of the fastest riders on his satellite LCR Honda and lead the top of the timesheets for a good part of the hour before falling to fourth and he was 448s from Lorenzo, while Ben Spies claimed fifth, but was off a big 1.
259 seconds.
Mugello GP winner Dani Pedrosa finished sixth, but the Spaniard is usually slower in the first free practice trying to find a good set-up for the race, but he did clock the fastest top speed hitting 310.
79km/h.
Marco Melandri was seventh followed by Aleix Espargaro and Marco Simoncelli.
Nicky Hayden closed out the top ten, but was a massive 2.
3 seconds from Lorenzo.
Colin Edwards who should replace Valentino Rossi (his M1 is at Silverstone) at the Barcelona GP was 12th and Mika Kallio who is still battling shoulder fitness was last.
British MotoGP Friday Free Practice Results:1.
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha 2:05.
9912.
Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro 2:06.
1333.
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 2:06.
3474.
Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 2:06.
4395.
Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:07.
2506.
Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 2:07.
5867.
Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:07.
5888.
Aleix Espargaro ESP Pramac Racing 2:07.
9279.
Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:07.
95110.
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 2:08.
30011.
Hector Barbera ESP Paginas Amarillas Aspar 2:08.
45212.
Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:08.
52513.
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki 2:08.
66614.
Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Interwetten Honda 2:09.
63915.
Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki 2:09.
80516.
Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 2:010.
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