Fifteen riders within a second could finally offer us some good and tight racing this afternoon at Valencia, with Nicky Hayden taking over the top of the timecharts in this morning’s MotoGP warm-up practice.
The cooler temperatures let Hayden with his 1’33″247, leave Jorge Lorenzo in second by a mere 0.
031s and today’s pole man Casey Stoner, in third at 0.
142s from his team mate.
Dani Pedrosa rose to fourth, so watch out for his start, but the race will be very long for the recovering Spaniard.
Colin Edwards followed in fifth, and Marco Simoncelli fell back to sixth, while Hector Barbera was seventh with his privateer Ducati.
Valentino Rossi was only eighth and still more than five tenths from the top of field and just 0.
001s ahead of Ben Spies with Andrea Dovizioso closing out the top ten.
MotoGP Valencia Warm-Up Practice results:01- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1’33.
24702- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
03103- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
14204- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
37405- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
47006- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
52507- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
53108- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
56209- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
56310- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
60611- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 0.
77712- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
79213- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 0.
95314- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 0.
95515- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
98216- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.
09117- Carlos Checa – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.
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