This morning’s warm-up practice at Sachsering confirmed that Casey Stoner is fast, that Jorge Lorenzo has a hammering pace to stay with him and Dani Pedrosa’s only problem will be if his shoulder can hold up for the 30 lap race.
Alvaro Bautista was fourth and bettering his yesterday’s qualifying before taking a big crash at turn 8.
Marco Simoncelli took 5th ahead of Ben Spies, Andrea Dovizioso, Nicky Hayden, Colin Edwards and Randy De Puniet who rounded out the top ten.
Valentino Rossi who yesterday qualified in 16th managed to shave off some very scanty tenths of second and finish 11th following his team mate Hayden in the final minutes of the session, but it will definitely be an uphill race for the Italian.
MotoGP Sachsering Warm-Up results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’22.
13202- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
17703- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
28004- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 0.
42305- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
45506- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
47107- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
63308- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.
83309- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
83510- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
03111- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 1.
12812- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
22313- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
22614- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
28615- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.
70616- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
02217- Sylvain Guintoli – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 3.
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