2010 Brno MotoGP FP1 Result - Lorenzo Picks Up Where He Left Off

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2010-08-13 12:52

Jorge Lorenzo picked up at Brno where he left off at Laguna Seca, topping the timesheets in the first session of free practice for the MotoGP class. It was not just his position that was impressive however: the Fiat Yamaha rider bested 2nd place man Dani Pedrosa by over half a second. Lorenzo's teammate Valentino Rossi was a few hundredths behind Pedrosa, while Andrea Dovizioso finished 4th, just over a tenth behind his Repsol Honda teammate.

With the Fiat Yamaha and Repsol Honda teams sharing the top four spots, the Marlboro Ducati team were left to pick up the scraps, with Nicky Hayden setting the 5th fastest time, a second down on Lorenzo, and Casey Stoner only managing 7th, behind Monster Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards. Marco Simoncelli was the fastest rookie, edging Ben Spies into 9th, with fellow rookie Alvaro Bautista rounding out the top 10.

The session was cut short after spots of rain started falling in the last 10 minutes, but the rain did not take proper hold, and the riders went back out again in the final minutes for a few practice starts. The rain was sufficient to prevent anyone from improving their times, however.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	YAMAHA	1'57.215
2	26	Dani PEDROSA	HONDA	1'57.756	0.541	0.541
3	46	Valentino ROSSI	YAMAHA	1'57.821	0.606	0.065
4	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	HONDA	1'57.873	0.658	0.052
5	69	Nicky HAYDEN	DUCATI	1'58.286	1.071	0.413
6	5	Colin EDWARDS	YAMAHA	1'58.497	1.282	0.211
7	27	Casey STONER	DUCATI	1'58.532	1.317	0.035
8	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	HONDA	1'58.840	1.625	0.308
9	11	Ben SPIES	YAMAHA	1'58.970	1.755	0.130
10	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SUZUKI	1'59.204	1.989	0.234
11	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	SUZUKI	1'59.216	2.001	0.012
12	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	DUCATI	1'59.254	2.039	0.038
13	36	Mika KALLIO	DUCATI	1'59.289	2.074	0.035
14	33	Marco MELANDRI	HONDA	1'59.510	2.295	0.221
15	40	Hector BARBERA	DUCATI	1'59.910	2.695	0.400
16	14	Randy DE PUNIET	HONDA	2'00.184	2.969	0.274
17	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	HONDA	2'01.098	3.883	0.914