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Great Britain: Lorenzo as boss at Silverstone !

MotoGP - Great Britain: Lorenzo as boss at Silverstone! -

Sunday June 20, 2010 – 6.30 p.m. Pole-man of this first MotoGP Grand Prix on the Silverstone track, the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo won with art and style in Great Britain ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Ben Spies.

Sunday June 20, 2010 – 6.30 p.m.. Pole-man of this first MotoGP Grand Prix on the Silverstone track, the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo won with art and style in Great Britain ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Ben Spies.

In the absence of Valentino Rossi (read) and Hiroshi Aoyama, forfeit following a violent fall during the warm-up this morning, the starting grid of the premier class only had 15 drivers when the lights went out..

Motivated like never before, Jorge Lorenzo took the lead in the first corner in front of the 70,123 spectators gathered around the Silverstone track. Obviously determined to go it alone, the n ° 99 must however quickly deal with the ardor of his rival for the race and the championship, Dani Pedrosa.

The two Spaniards then offer a real recital of overtaking in front of Randy de Puniet, Andrea Dovizioso, Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies. Eager to confirm his recent progress, Marco Melandri is doing too much and making a mistake.

Quickly, Lorenzo manages to get rid of Pedrosa who downgraded to fourth position behind a very fit Randy de Puniet and Andrea Dovizioso: the two Honda riders fight like ragpickers at each curve while Lorenzo widens the gap at the head of the race.

A priori uncomfortable in his RCV212 following his fall in qualifying and then in the warm-up this morning, Dani Pedrosa is struggling to contain Nicky Hayden’s Ducati who ends up overtaking him to steal fourth place. The HRC rider then found himself struggling with a Marco Simoncelli, superb ease on the English track: the Italian rookie made a mad interior on Pedro, but the Iberian retaliated immediately and resumed his position in front of n ° 58 and Ben Spies !

The fastest driver in the race, Jorge Lorenzo stuns the competition, starting with Randy de Puniet (2nd) and Andrea Dovizioso (3rd) who are unable to go below 2’04 like the Fiat-Yamaha driver.

Cautious at the start of the race, the American Ben Spies increased the pace and first got rid of Marco Simoncelli before falling on Pedrosa, whom he overtook shortly after, followed by Simoncelli on his Gresini team RCV. Badly started, Casey Stoner fights to extricate himself from the Top 10 and finally manages to get back on Simoncelli and Pedrosa whom he easily overtakes.

Plugged in by Randy de Puniet, Andrea Dovizioso also decides to sound the charge: the Italian takes out the big attack to achieve a trapper’s braking on the French … but Randy fights! After a few laps, n ° 14 thus manages to tax "Dovi" and his official Honda. !

Uncompromising, Jorge Lorenzo and his Yamaha M1 prance in the lead with more than eight seconds ahead of Randy. Ten laps from the finish, it’s hard to see how victory could henceforth escape the Mallorcan for this first GP contested in 800 cc on the English track. Finally, forced to give up his second place to Dovizioso, Randy de Puniet finds himself threatened by Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies while at a few lengths, Stoner tries to get back into contact with the leaders ahead of Simoncelli and Pedrosa.

In a fight with Hector Barbera and his teammate Alvaro Bautista, Loris Capirossi misses his braking at the end of the pit straight line and leaves to garden in the gravel in which he ends up falling: definitely, Silverstone will be a weekend to forget for Suzuki. .. With four laps to go, Jorge Lorenzo extended his lead to almost 8.5 seconds over his first pursuers: Dovizioso, De Puniet, Hayden and Spies.

The four men are held in a pocket handkerchief, but Randy seems to have problems with traction when exiting the curve: Nicky Hayden takes the opportunity to make him inside, immediately imitated by Ben Spies.

Now unable to keep up with the pace of the end of the race, Randy fights with his Honda which slips at each end of the curve, which prompts Stoner to tax the French two laps from the finish.

Pressing for a few turns, "Big Ben" Spies hesitates to overtake Hayden who blocks the way to his first podium in MotoGP … But the American’s hesitation is short-lived: during the last lap, the rookie gives everything and passes Nicky Hayden who has spread a little in a right! The Tech3 driver manages to keep his third place until the checkered flag, which Jorge Lorenzo crosses with a large lead ahead of Andrea Dovizioso.

Casey Stoner finished the race fifth, in the back of his teammate’s saddle, while Randy de Puniet signed a very good sixth place, even if the Parisian was aiming for an even better result starting from second place on the starting grid !

With this third victory in five races, Jorge Lorenzo consolidates his lead in the championship (115 points) ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (78) who ejects his teammate Dani Pedrosa (73) from second place in the provisional. Although absent for two Grands Prix, Valentino Rossi is still in 4th position ahead of Nicky Hayden, Randy de Puniet and Ben Spies, who climbs back to seventh place overall.

2010 British Grand Prix results – MotoGP

  1. 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 170.4 41’34.083
  2. 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 169.9 +6.743
  3. 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 169.9 +7.097
  4. 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 169.9 +7.314
  5. 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 169.9 +7.494
  6. 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 169.8 +9.055
  7. 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 169.4 +14.425
  8. 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 169.3 +15.313
  9. 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 168.5 +27.954
  10. 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 167.5 +42.394
  11. 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 167.5 +43.365
  12. 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 167.5 +43.408
  13. 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 167.5 +43.580
  • Unclassified
  • 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 167.1 7 laps
  • Non runner
  • 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 0 lap

GP 125: Marquez signs the double at Silverstone

Sunday June 20, 2010 – 5:15 p.m.. Author of his third pole position of the 2010 season at Silverstone, the Spanish Marc Marquez was able to materialize his good speed by winning the British GP in category 125.

The n ° 93 fought tooth and nail with his compatriot Pol Espargaro during a large part of the race – at the cost of many contacts between the two 125s! – before managing to get the best of n ° 44 after the latter left the track at the end of the race.

Isolated ten seconds from the rest of the peloton four laps from the checkered flag, Marquez and Espargaro completely dominated Bradley Smith and Nico Terol for the entire race. Tomoyoshi Koyama finished in fifth place ahead of Sandro Cortese, Randy Krummenacher and the Nice driver Johann Zarco, who signed a magnificent eighth place in this Grand Prix which clearly seems to be doing well for the French drivers !

Pol Espargaro remains at the head of the 125 world championship with one point ahead of Nicolas Terol while Marc Marquez climbs back to third place thanks to this second victory in a row. Bradley Smith returns to fourth place in the provisional ahead of Rabat, Vasquez, and Koyama. 

2010 British Grand Prix Results – 125

  1. 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull Ajo Motorsport Derbi 157.5 38’12.837
  2. 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 157.4 +2.576
  3. 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 156.6 +13.446
  4. 40 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 156.4 +17.117
  5. 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Racing Team Germany Aprilia 155.1 +35.641
  6. 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Front Mitsubishi Ajo Derbi 154.9 +39.184
  7. 35 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 154.9 +39.258
  8. 14 Johann ZARCO FRA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 154.8 +39.949
  9. 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX Aprilia 154.8 +40.510
  10. 6 99 Danny WEBB GBR Andalucia Cajasol Aprilia 154.2 +50.287
  11. 5 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 153.3 + 1’03.503
  12. 4 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Cajasol Aprilia 153.3 + 1’04.065
  13. 3 53 Jasper IWEMA NED CBC Corse Aprilia 153.1 + 1’07.148
  14. 2 15 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA Fontana Racing Aprilia 153.0 + 1’07.591
  15. 1 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Ongetta Team Aprilia 153.0 + 1’07.601
  16. 26 Adrian MARTIN SPA Castello Airport – Ajo Aprilia 153.0 + 1’08.045
  17. 78 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Interwetten Honda 125 Honda 152.7 + 1’12.472
  18. 50 Sturla FAGERHAUG NOR AirAsia – Sepang Int. Aprilia Circuit 152.4 + 1’16.933
  19. 69 Louis ROSSI FRA CBC Corse Aprilia 151.1 + 1’38.139
  20. 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Racing Team Germany Aprilia 150.9 + 1’41.224
  21. 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Matteoni CP Racing Aprilia 150.9 + 1’41.416
  22. 60 Michael VAN DER MARK NED Lambretta Reparto Corse Lambretta 150.8 + 1’42.313
  23. 87 Luca MARCONI ITA Ongetta Team Aprilia 150.8 + 1’42.642
  24. 75 Deane BROWN GBR Colin Appleyard / Macadam Racing Honda 148.0 1 lap
  • Not classified
  • 73 Taylor MACKENZIE GBR KRP Honda 150.8 1 lap
  • 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL AirAsia – Sepang Int. Aprilia 150.4 6 laps circuit
  • 52 Danny KENT GBR Aztec Grand Prix Honda 148.4 6 laps
  • 74 James LODGE GBR RS Earnshaws Motorcycles Honda 143.1 9 laps
  • 5 Alexis MASBOU FRA Ongetta Team Aprilia 136.8 12 laps
  • 39 Luis SALOM SPA Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 154.0 13 laps
  • 72 Marco RAVAIOLI ITA Lambretta Reparto Corse Lambretta 147.7 13 laps

Moto2: Cluzel scores first GP victory at Silverstone !

Sunday June 20, 2010 – 3:30 p.m.. Qualified on the front line on the Silverstone track, Jules Cluzel won the first Grand Prix of his career at the British GP: the native of Montluçon thus joins the Sarron brothers and Jacques Bolle (president of the FFM) on the list French drivers winners on the English track !

Third in Qatar, eleventh in Jerez, then victim of two consecutive falls in France and Italy, Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing) has finally managed to transform his indisputable speed into Moto2: author of a superb race, the n ° 16 has perfectly managed to manage the pressure inflicted by his own teammate Claudio Corti, not to mention the attacks of Fonsi Nieto, Julian Simon, Thomas Luthi and Scott Redding.

Quickly able to set his own pace, Cluzel however had to thwart the blows of Corti and Simon then the Swiss Thomas Luthi, author of a superb comeback. The former 125 world champion thus managed to dislodge Cluzel from his first place until he left too wide in the turn where Corti had just fallen……

Pugnacious, Jules Cluzel then took over the reins of the event to never let go and signed his first Grand Prix victory ahead of Thomas Luthi, Julian Simon, Scott Redding, Alex Debon, Shoya Tomizawa and Mike di Meglio who also signed his best Moto2 performance.

In the provisional classification, Toni Elias (10th in the race) retains the leadership with 15 points ahead of Tomizawa while Luthi, Simon and Corsi complete the Top 5. Thanks to his superb victory, Jules Cluzel climbs back to 7th place at 34 points of the leader.

2010 British Grand Prix results – Moto2

  1. 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Forward Racing Suter 162.1 39’19.472
  2. 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Moriwaki 162.1 +0.057
  3. 60 Julian SIMON SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Suter 162.1 +0.322
  4. 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 162.1 +0.520
  5. 6 Alex DEBON SPA Castello Airport – Ajo FTR 161.7 +5.271
  6. 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN Technomag-CIP Suter 161.7 +5.377
  7. 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team Suter 161.7 +5.484
  8. 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 161.7 +5.709
  9. 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 161.4 +10.240
  10. 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 161.4 +10.411
  11. 10 Fonsi NIETO SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 161.4 +10.701
  12. 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Fimmco Speed ​​Up Speed ​​Up 161.4 +10.741
  13. 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG Bimota 161.3 +10.959
  14. 41 Arne TODE GER Racing Team Germany Suter 161.0 +16.062
  15. 40 Sergio GADEA SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 161.0 +16.161
  16. 59 Niccolo CANEPA ITA RSM Team Scot Force GP210 160.5 +24.118
  17. 8 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team MZ-RE Honda 160.1 +29.563
  18. 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 160.1 +29.952
  19. 61 Vladimir IVANOV UKR Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 160.0 +30.218
  20. 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Matteoni CP Racing Moriwaki 160.0 +31.289
  21. 9 Kenny NOYES USA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 160.0 +31.423
  22. 54 Kev COGHLAN GBR Monlau Joey Darcey FTR 159.9 +31.715
  23. 80 Axel PONS SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 159.9 +31.819
  24. 44 Roberto ROLFO ITA Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 159.7 +35.447
  25. 76 Bernat MARTINEZ SPA Maquinza-SAG Team Bimota 159.7 +35.851
  26. 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA WTR San Marino Team ADV 159.2 +42.924
  27. 39 Robertino PIETRI VEN Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 158.6 +51.566
  28. 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 158.3 +56.529
  29. 21 Vladimir LEONOV RUS Vector Kiefer Racing Suter 158.2 +58.361
  30. 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Forward Racing Suter 156.9 + 1’18.671
  31. 5 Joan OLIVE SPA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 151.5 + 2’44.369
  • Not classified
  • 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 161.5 1 lap
  • 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Caretta Technology Race Dept I.C.P. 161.4 1 turn
  • 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing FTR 161.0 1 turn
  • 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 159.7 1 lap
  • 75 Mattia PASINI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 159.4 2 laps
  • 2 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Fimmco Speed ​​Up Speed ​​Up 161.0 3 laps
  • 96 Anthony DELHALLE FRA Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 159.6 5 laps
  • 3 Simone CORSI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 155.0 17 laps
  • 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter 154.5 17 laps

Jorge Lorenzo in pole position at Silverstone !

Saturday June 19, 2010 – 5:00 p.m.. Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo has just taken pole position at the British Grand Prix after qualifying, the first of the 4-stroke MotoGP era on the Silverstone circuit.

Hardly contested, these qualifications allowed the top category cracks to lower the lap times on the fast and bumpy English track: Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet only took a few laps to improve the reference time set by Pedrosa during the free practice session this morning.

The two Honda riders will exchange first place during the first quarter of an hour, until the HRC rider scores an impressive 2’04.402.

But at 30 minutes from the end, things get tough for Pedrosa who saw himself dominating the entire qualifying session: Lorenzo became more and more threatening and Stoner managed to sign a superb 2’04.394, or 0.008 sec more quick as the Honda rider !

Randy "Fast and Furious" by Puniet !

The maneuver gave Lorenzo ideas: diligent, Valentino Rossi’s teammate pulled out all the stops a few minutes later and managed to dislodge Stoner with a time of 2’04.163.

Delighted with his performance, Jorge Lorenzo returned to the pits to make small improvements on his M1 and during this time, less than a quarter of an hour from the end of the session, Randy de Puniet made an anthology lap in 2’03.706, then in 2’03.434 the next loop! Randy is not content only to relegate Lorenzo to more than seven tenths (!), He is also the first driver to go below the 2’04 mark on the English track !

"Jorgeuil" Lorenzo will join him five minutes from the end, but the Spaniard will have to deploy all his talent to surpass Randy "Fast and Furious" de Puniet three minutes from the checkered flag (2’03.308) !

Pedrosa at the mobile clinic…

While trying to force, Dani Pedrosa loses the front in a very fast left and falls violently in the very last seconds: his RCV212 rolls over him before literally exploding in a protective railing…

Well sounded, n ° 26 is held above all on the left knee and is visibly suffering martyrdom: yet hard on the evil, Dani even needs the help of the marshals to get up and must be evacuated on a stretcher … Immediately , the Catalan pilot is taken to the mobile clinic where he manages to go independently when getting out of the ambulance: a first examination confirms "simple" bruises on his right and left knees, which should not prevent him from drive tomorrow.

Pedrosa is imitated a few seconds later by Randy de Puniet who however has the chance to get up visibly unscathed: the Frenchman ensures that he does not suffer from his fall. Jorge Lorenzo is therefore a big favorite for the race, especially with a diminished Pedrosa: he will be ahead of Puniet, Pedrosa and Dovizioso on the starting grid on Sunday.

As for Dovizioso, he is 0.687 sec behind the fastest time and precedes Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner, Ben Spies, Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards. Finally the Suzuki Boy’s, while they thought they could shine at Silverstone, on the contrary seem to be bottoming out: Capirossi is 14th behind Aleix Espargaro while Alvaro Bautista is 15th and penultimate in front of Mika Kallio, with all even 3,672 sec behind the leader…

General qualifying classification for the 2010 British GP

1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 317.6 2’03.308

  • 2 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 320.1 2’03.434 0.126 / 0.126

  • 3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 323.9 2’03.586 0.278 / 0.152

  • 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 322.0 2’03.995 0.687 / 0.409

  • 5 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 316.9 2’04.332 1.024 / 0.337

  • 6 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 319.2 2’04.394 1.086 / 0.062

  • 7 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 313.9 2’04.477 1.169 / 0.083

  • 8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 321.9 2’04.555 1.247 / 0.078

  • 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 315.7 2’04.868 1.560 / 0.313

  • 10 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 313.3 2’05.035 1.727 / 0.167

  • 11 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 319.1 2’05.354 2.046 / 0.319

  • 12 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 320.5 2’05.712 2.404 / 0.358

  • 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 315.4 2’05.748 2.440 / 0.036

  • 14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 317.9 2’05.821 2.513 / 0.073

  • 15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 316.8 2’06.607 3.299 / 0.786

  • 16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 312.9 2’06.980 3.672 / 0.373

    • British GP: Pedrosa responds in free practice 2 !

    Saturday June 19, 2010 – 1:00 p.m.. After the championship leader Jorge Lorenzo’s demonstration yesterday afternoon, it’s the turn of his current runner-up, Dani Pedrosa, to shine on the brand new track at Silverstone. During the second free practice session (FP2), the young Catalan managed to gain 2.642 sec compared to his best time the day before to drop below 2’05 (2’04.944) !

    The HRC rider is the only MotoGP rider to have crossed this bar and this promising stopwatch reminds Lorenzo that "Pedrosimo" did not come to Great Britain to make up the figures! Superb second, less than three tenths behind Dani Pedrosa, Randy de Puniet slams a 2’05.241 auspicious a few hours from the qualifying session.

    The fastest driver yesterday, Jorge Lorenzo is third, a tenth of a second behind our national "playboy"! The LCR pilot precedes top guns like Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovisiozo, Nicky Hayden or Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards !

    "I really enjoyed myself today on a track that I was discovering and which I liked instantly", enthuses Randy. "It suits my riding style perfectly with quick portions and sequences. I would even say that it is the most beautiful track in the championship. It is true that it is still a little bumpy but that does not disturb us. not too much for the development of the motorcycle ", assures the N ° 14, currently first private rider of the MotoGP championship (6th).

    Still in the learning phase on his "semi-official" RCV21, Marco Simoncelli then leads Aleix Espargaro and Ben Spies who crashed at low speed with his Yamaha M1 during the session..

    General classification of the second free practice session (FP2)

    • 1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 320.1 2’04.944
    • 2 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 317.7 2’05.241 0.297 / 0.297
    • 3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 316.5 2’05.348 0.404 / 0.107
    • 4 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 317.0 2’05.539 0.595 / 0.191
    • 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 318.8 2’05.594 0.650 / 0.055
    • 6 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 313.5 2’06.128 1.184 / 0.534
    • 7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 321.0 2’06.205 1.261 / 0.077
    • 8 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 310.5 2’06.619 1.675 / 0.414
    • 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 311.8 2’06.829 1.885 / 0.210
    • 10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 311.6 2’06.903 1.959 / 0.074
    • 11 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 310.8 2’07.017 2.073 / 0.114
    • 12 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 316.7 2’07.035 2.091 / 0.018
    • 13 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 317.0 2’07.832 2.888 / 0.797
    • 14 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 310.3 2’07.930 2.986 / 0.098
    • 15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 312.9 2’08.053 3.109 / 0.123
    • 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 314.8 2’08.969 4.025 / 0.916

    Lorenzo dominates Free Practice 1 at Silverstone

    Friday June 18, 2010 – 5:15 p.m.. MotoGP World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo wasted no time in finding his feet on the new Silverstone track yesterday afternoon in the first free practice session. The Fiat-Yamaha rider set a time of 2’05.991 with ten minutes remaining and remains the only one to go under 2’06, which puts him ahead of Casey Stoner by 0.142 s.

    “I’m happy with our first day of work here at Silverstone and really liked the new circuit,” said Lorenzo, the only representative of his team in the absence of Valentino Rossi. “We worked hard and I have does a lot of laps to understand every turn and every straight line. ”

    “Unfortunately it was quite cold today and the track was also cold, which means it was quite difficult without a reference point, but with a little luck we will have better weather tomorrow and Sunday,” added the Mallorcan. which is 25 points ahead of Pedrosa.

    Despite the cold and the few drops of rain that fell at the end of the session, Lorenzo therefore seems to be there for this British Grand Prix and precedes the Ducati rider and the Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda). Frenchman Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) also showed very good acclimatization to the new English track and secured a superb fourth place, less than a tenth of a second behind Dovi.

    Ben Spies (Yamaha Tech 3) is fifth, 1.259s behind Lorenzo and almost four tenths ahead of Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda), the winner of the previous race at Mugello. Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini) is just two thousandths of a second behind the Spaniard, in seventh position.

    Round out the top ten Aleix Espargaró (Pramac Racing), Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) and Nicky Hayden (Ducati).

    General classification of free practice 1 MotoGP (FP1)

    • 1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 307.1 2’05.991
    • 2 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 307.8 2’06.133 0.142 / 0.142
    • 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 309.5 2’06.347 0.356 / 0.214
    • 4 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 305.7 2’06.439 0.448 / 0.092
    • 5 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 300.8 2’07.250 1.259 / 0.811
    • 6 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 310.8 2’07.586 1.595 / 0.336
    • 7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 308.0 2’07.588 1.597 / 0.002
    • 8 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 302.5 2’07.927 1.936 / 0.339
    • 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 299.7 2’07.951 1.960 / 0.024
    • 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 300.8 2’08.300 2.309 / 0.349
    • 11 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 295.7 2’08.452 2.461 / 0.152
    • 12 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 301.9 2’08.525 2.534 / 0.073
    • 13 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 303.9 2’08.666 2.675 / 0.141
    • 14 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 305.3 2’09.639 3.648 / 0.973
    • 15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 303.2 2’09.805 3.814 / 0.166
    • 16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 301.3 2’10.227 4.236 / 0.422

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