Submitted by David Emmett on
Casey Stoner's domination at Le Mans continues. After taking top spot in the morning, the Australian spent the first part of practice further down the standings before finding his feet towards the end, and punching in three laps in the 1'33s. He ended the session on top of the timesheets, a quarter of a second ahead of his Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa. Factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo finished in 3rd, within four tenths of Stoner, and three tenths ahead of San Carlo Gresini's Alvaro Bautista, who was impressively quick throughout. Bautista got in front of the second Factory Yamaha of Ben Spies, while Andrea Dovizioso won the battle of the Monster Tech 3 Yamahas, but only by twenty-five thousandths, Cal Crutchlow ending behind Dovizioso in 7th. Hector Barbera led the Ducatis, the Pramac man finishing in 8th, ahead of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden.
Results:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
1 | 1 | Casey STONER | HONDA | 1'33.740 | ||
2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | HONDA | 1'34.005 | 0.265 | 0.265 |
3 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | YAMAHA | 1'34.136 | 0.396 | 0.131 |
4 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | HONDA | 1'34.437 | 0.697 | 0.301 |
5 | 11 | Ben SPIES | YAMAHA | 1'34.467 | 0.727 | 0.030 |
6 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | YAMAHA | 1'34.585 | 0.845 | 0.118 |
7 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | YAMAHA | 1'34.610 | 0.870 | 0.025 |
8 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | DUCATI | 1'35.079 | 1.339 | 0.469 |
9 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | DUCATI | 1'35.112 | 1.372 | 0.033 |
10 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | DUCATI | 1'35.132 | 1.392 | 0.020 |
11 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | HONDA | 1'35.201 | 1.461 | 0.069 |
12 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | DUCATI | 1'35.787 | 2.047 | 0.586 |
13 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | ART | 1'36.438 | 2.698 | 0.651 |
14 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | BQR | 1'36.928 | 3.188 | 0.490 |
15 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | ART | 1'37.093 | 3.353 | 0.165 |
16 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | FTR | 1'37.310 | 3.570 | 0.217 |
17 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ART | 1'37.585 | 3.845 | 0.275 |
18 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | IODA | 1'38.255 | 4.515 | 0.670 |
19 | 22 | Ivan SILVA | BQR | 1'38.260 | 4.520 | 0.005 |
20 | 77 | James ELLISON | ART | 1'38.395 | 4.655 | 0.135 |
21 | 7 | Chris VERMEULEN | SUTER | 1'39.383 | 5.643 | 0.988 |
Comments
I think you meant FP2
See how you need to come to France next year?? ;)
You're right
Looks like I will have to go to France next year ...
Hmmmmmm.....
Just think what Casey would be doing if he was still 'passionate" about racing still hehehe!!!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss... ;)