The MotoGP team and riders are still at Catalunya for an official post-race test and this morning the Spanish circuit at 10am and the circuit where Jorge Lorenzo won his third race of the season, was still slightly damp following a rain shower the previous night, but dried out quickly once the sun began to shine.
Unfortunately two riders were caught out by damp patches at turn 4, Karel Abraham on his first outing lap and a just a little later Cal Crutchlow had a huge crash which scattered about a zillion pieces of Tech3 Yamaha all over the gravel trap, which caused the session to be red flagged.
Both riders spent a little time in the Medical Center with the Czech rider picking up a bruise to his hand, while the Brit had a big graze to his thigh and a cut to his shoulder.
Crutchlow returned to track while Abraham has yet to post a recorded lap.
The fastest rider so far is Casey Stoner who laid down 1:42.
458 lap, which was already four tenths of second faster than his yesterday’s best race lap and better than Jorge Lorenzo’s.
Stoner is followed by team mate Dani Pedrosa, Yamaha Tech3s Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo.
BSB rider and appointed test rider Shane Byrne, is giving James Ellison a hand in testing his Paul Bird Motorsport ART and try to solve the chatter problems that Ellison has been having.
Valentino Rossi will re-test the aluminium swingarm that was introduced on Friday and then dropped for the rest of the weekend.
Lorenzo is testing a new spec engine, and Andrea Dovizioso upgraded electronics.
Track activity will resume at 2pm and conclude at 6pm.
MotoGP Catalunya test times 1 pm:1 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1:42.
458 – – 192 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1:42.
675 +0.
217 +0.
217 163 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:42.
787 +0.
112 +0.
329 184 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1:42.
904 +0.
117 +0.
446 285 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1:43.
215 +0.
311 +0.
757 206 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1:43.
338 +0.
123 +0.
880 207 Alvaro BAUTISTA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:43.
382 +0.
044 +0.
924 158 Stefan BRADL LCR Honda 1:43.
673 +0.
291 +1.
215 189 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1:43.
813 +0.
140 +1.
355 1810 Hector BARBERA Pramac Racing Team 1:43.
906 +0.
093 +1.
448 1811 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:44.
287 +0.
381 +1.
829 412 Aleix ESPARGARO Power Electronics Aspar 1:44.
727 +0.
440 +2.
269 1113 Randy DE PUNIET Power Electronics Aspar 1:45.
456 +0.
729 +2.
998 714 Yonny HERNANDEZ Avintia Racing MotoGP 1:45.
719 +0.
263 +3.
261 2215 Colin EDWARDS NGM Mobile Forward Racing 1:45.
802 +0.
083 +3.
344 1016 Mattia PASINI Speed Master 1:46.
036 +0.
234 +3.
578 2217 Michele PIRRO San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:46.
170 +0.
134 +3.
712 1318 Ivan SILVA Avintia Racing MotoGP 1:47.
026 +0.
856 +4.
568 1619 James ELLISON Paul Bird Motorsport 1:48.
817 +1.
791 +6.
359 1820 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing -.
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