2013 Silverstone MotoGP FP4 Result: Lorenzo Back On Top In Tight Session

Submitted by Jacob Leech on Sat, 2013-08-31 13:10

Jorge Lorenzo has displayed phenomenally consistent race pace in the final practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Spaniard reeled off a concession of laps within the mid 1:52 bracket and ended up at the top of the time sheets. He was followed closely by a resurgent Dani Pedrosa, who was a mere hundredth behind in second place. Stefan Bradl, Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow completed the top five.

Valentino Rossi continued to struggle, 'The Doctor' failed to match the pace of his teammate and finished the 'race simulation' session almost a second slower than Lorenzo. Bradley Smith, Andrea Dovizioso, Alvaro Bautista and Nicky Hayden rounded out the top ten positions.

Aleix Espargaro had a nasty high side late in the session, he was thumped by his trailing bike and looked to be in some discomfort, but managed to walk away. He was later taken to the medical centre to have an inspection of his neck. Several of the riders were showing impressive pace on the harder option tyre, in particular Lorenzo and Pedrosa. Tyres choice could play a big part in the outcome of tomorrow's race.

Results:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	2'02.049
2	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	2'02.060	0.011	0.011
3	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	2'02.140	0.091	0.080
4	93	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	2'02.193	0.144	0.053
5	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Yamaha	2'02.702	0.653	0.509
6	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	2'03.028	0.979	0.326
7	38	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	2'03.176	1.127	0.148
8	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	2'03.356	1.307	0.180
9	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	2'03.461	1.412	0.105
10	69	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati	2'03.714	1.665	0.253
11	14	Randy DE PUNIET	ART	2'04.365	2.316	0.651
12	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	ART	2'04.599	2.550	0.234
13	29	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	2'04.633	2.584	0.034
14	5	Colin EDWARDS	FTR Kawasaki	2'04.662	2.613	0.029
15	71	Claudio CORTI	FTR Kawasaki	2'05.084	3.035	0.422
16	51	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	2'05.290	3.241	0.206
17	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ioda-Suter	2'05.400	3.351	0.110
18	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	FTR	2'05.493	3.444	0.093
19	70	Michael LAVERTY	PBM	2'05.831	3.782	0.338
20	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	ART	2'05.859	3.810	0.028
21	8	Hector BARBERA	FTR	2'06.395	4.346	0.536
22	67	Bryan STARING	FTR Honda	2'07.987	5.938	1.592
23	52	Lukas PESEK	Ioda-Suter	2'08.150	6.101	0.163