MotoGP Brno – Jorge Lorenzo leads FP1

It was Jorge Lorenzo who dominated the first MotoGP practice session in Brno this afternoon.
Lorenzo stopped the clock at 1.
56.
595 and shattered the exsisting lap record while team mate and championship points leader Valentino Rossi was second at 1.

56.
994.
Third went to Dani Pedrosa, who is finally riding injury free, and was 0.

989 slower than Lorenzo.
A resurgent Colin Edwards after his 2nd place podium at Donington took fourth at 1.
57.
742, just 0.
157s from Pedrosa with Andrea Dovizioso in fifth, 1.

577sec from the top and 0.
431 from Edwards.
Toni Elias who is likely to lose his place in Honda Gresini to Marco Melandri was sixth at 1.
58.
296.
Pramac Ducati’s Mika Kallio who was temporarily promoted the factory Ducati after Casey Stoner withdrawl due to medical reasons, ran as high as fifth place before getting dropping to seventh at 1.
58.
302 .
Kallio finished ahead of Nicky Hayden, who could only manage 12th.
, 0.
9 secs.
slower than Kallio.
Eighth went to Alex DeAngelis, another rider who well may be out of the MotoGP door, unless he can find some rich sponsor to back him with another team.
Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi was 9th and Chris Vermeulen 13th.

Suzuki has brought new spec engines and updates for their riders.
Marco Melandri was 10th and followed Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s James Toseland who was 11th fastest with a best lap of 1.
58.
764, just 0.
057s faster than Nicky Hayden.
Randy DePuniet riding with a busted ankle picked up during a motocross training accident was 14th ahead of Niccolò Canepa, Gabor Talmacsi and Michel Fabrizio.
WSBK rider Michel Fabrizio, who was drafted to replace Kallio at Pramac Ducati, was 17th with a best lap of 2.
00.
423, but the Italian who is third in the WSBK standings has never ridden the Ducati GP9 and has to get used to the Bridgestone tires and carbon brakes where as Fabrizio is used to steel ones.
FP1 Results:1.
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1:56.
5952.
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:56.
9943.
Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:57.
5844.
Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1:57.
7415.
Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:58.
1726.
Toni Elias (Honda) 1:58.
2957.
Mika Kallio (Ducati) 1:58.
3028.
Alex De Angelis (Honda) 1:58.
4979.
Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) 1:58.
58210.
Marco Melandri (Kawasaki) 1:58.
73911.
James Toseland (Yamaha) 1:58.
76412.
Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1:58.
82113.
Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1:59.
04114.
Randy De Puniet (Honda) 1:59.
05515.
Niccolo Canepa (Ducati) 1:59.
53116.
Gabor Talmacsi (Honda) 1:59.
97917.
Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) 2:00.
423