2011 MotoGP
The 11th round of the 2011 MotoGP Championship began at Brno Friday morning with the first of three free practice sessions.
One man was untouchable throughout the first 45-minute session – Dani Pedrosa. The Repsol Honda rider was the only rider to post under the 1:57 mark, Pedrosa piloting his RC212V to a 1:56.328.
Almost a second slower was Pedrosa’s teammate Casey Stoner; the Australian posted a 1:577.294. Only 0.114 of a second behind Stoner was San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli. The Italian also had a crash at turn 13, but walked away unscathed.
Rounding out the top five in the FP1 at Brno MotoGP were Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo and the third Repsol Honda rider, Andrea Dovizioso.
The top American on in FP1 was Lorenzo’s teammate Ben Spies in sixth, who was followed by Wildcard rider John Hopkins, another American who’s piloting a second Rizla Suzuki GSVR. The official Rizla Suzuki rider, Alvaro Bautista was eight.
The Monster Tech 3 Yamaha duo of Cal Crutchlow and Colin Edwards, respectively. As for Valentino Rossi, the Ducati Team rider was 11th quickest, 2.491 seconds behind Pedrosa.
Brno MotoGP continues Friday with Free Practice 2.
2011 Brno MotoGP: Free Practice 1 Results:
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
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1. | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 299.5 | 1’56.328 | |
2. | 27 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 296.7 | 1’57.294 | 0.966 / 0.966 |
3. | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 291.5 | 1’57.408 | 1.080 / 0.114 |
4. | 1 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 295.0 | 1’57.587 | 1.259 / 0.179 |
5. | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 295.2 | 1’57.776 | 1.448 / 0.189 |
6. | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 290.8 | 1’57.903 | 1.575 / 0.127 |
7. | 21 | John HOPKINS | USA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 293.0 | 1’58.321 | 1.993 / 0.418 |
8. | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 294.4 | 1’58.345 | 2.017 / 0.024 |
9. | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 292.3 | 1’58.390 | 2.062 / 0.045 |
10. | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 292.4 | 1’58.497 | 2.169 / 0.107 |
11. | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 292.0 | 1’58.819 | 2.491 / 0.322 |
12. | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 291.0 | 1’58.927 | 2.599 / 0.108 |
13. | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 297.8 | 1’58.973 | 2.645 / 0.046 |
14. | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 290.5 | 1’58.975 | 2.647 / 0.002 |
15. | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 296.5 | 1’59.289 | 2.961 / 0.314 |
16. | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 293.9 | 1’59.334 | 3.006 / 0.045 |
17. | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI | ITA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 290.2 | 1’59.706 | 3.378 / 0.372 |
18. | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 294.0 | 2’00.201 | 3.873 / 0.495 |