2012 IRTA MotoGP Jerez Test Day 3 Times, 2pm: Lorenzo Leads Repsol Riders

Submitted by David Emmett on Sun, 2012-03-25 12:11

After yesterday's miserable conditions, the weather at Jerez on Sunday is nearly perfect. The sun is out, the wind has dropped, and the track is plenty warm. The teams are all very busy trying to catch up after losing most of a day yesterday, and the track is very busy, as is the circuit, with over 5,000 fans turning out for the test.

At 2pm, Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo is the fastest man on track, leading the Repsol Hondas of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, while Ben Spies completes the Yamaha/Honda sandwich. San Carlo Gresini Honda's Alvaro Bautista is the best of the satellite riders, just a fraction ahead of Cal Crutchlow on the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha. Nicky Hayden leads the factory Ducatis, Hayden 1.3 behind Lorenzo, teammate Valentino Rossi 1.5 slower, though both have closed the gap compared to Friday. Randy de Puniet is the first of the CRT bikes, though today, he is slower than all of the satellite bikes, and nearly two and a half seconds behind Lorenzo.

Times at 2pm:

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev.
1	Jorge Lorenzo	Factory Yamaha	Yamaha	1:38.953
2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda	Honda	1:39.157	0.204	0.204
3	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda	Honda	1:39.285	0.332	0.128
4	Ben Spies	Factory Yamaha	Yamaha	1:39.955	1.002	0.670
5	Alvaro Bautista	San Carlo Gresini	Honda	1:40.028	1.075	0.073
6	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Tech 3	Yamaha	1:40.044	1.091	0.016
7	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Factory	Ducati	1:40.281	1.328	0.237
8	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Factory	Ducati	1:40.470	1.517	0.189
9	Hector Barbera	Pramac	Ducati	1:40.558	1.605	0.088
10	Andrea Dovizioso	Monster Tech 3	Yamaha	1:40.597	1.644	0.039
11	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda	Honda	1:40.796	1.843	0.199
12	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB	Ducati	1:40.907	1.954	0.111
13	Randy de Puniet	Power Electronics Aspar	Aprilia ART	1:41.391	2.438	0.484
14	Aleix Espargaro	Power Electronics Aspar	Aprilia ART	1:41.645	2.692	0.254
15	Danilo Petrucci	IODA Racing	IODA Aprilia	1:42.037	3.084	0.392
16	Colin Edwards	NGM Mobile Forward	Suter BMW	1:42.073	3.120	0.036
17	Michele Pirro	San Carlo Gresini	FTR Honda	1:42.212	3.259	0.139
18	Mattia Pasini	Speed Master	Aprilia ART	1:42.252	3.299	0.040
19	Franco Battaini	Ducati Test Team	Ducati	1:42.360	3.407	0.108
20	James Ellison	PBM UK	Aprilia ART	1:42.437	3.484	0.077
21	Ivan Silva	Avintia Racing	FTR Kawasaki	1:43.045	4.092	0.608
22	Yonny Hernandez	Avintia Racing	FTR Kawasaki	1:43.304	4.351	0.259