Sachsenring MotoGP: Despite Collarbone, Lorenzo Leads FP1
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo
Sachsenring MotoGP Free Practice One Results
Two weeks ago at Assen, Jorge Lorenzo broke his collarbone during a high-side at practice. But 38 hours after surgery, Lorenzo was cleared to ride. The Yamaha Factory Racing rider put in a superhuman effort, finishing fifth at Assen behind the winner, teammate Valentino Rossi.
And when the Sachsenring MotoGP round begin Friday with the first of two free practice sessions, Lorenzo was the quickest rider. Though in pain, Lorenzo ran a smooth session, which was strewn with crashes.
Lorenzo lead FP1 ahead of the man he trails by seven points in the MotoGP Championship, leader Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) and Rossi. Suffering some huge crashes in the practice was Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso, Pramac Ducati’s Andrea Iannone, and Assen’s pole sitter, Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow.
Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso crashes at turn 11
Lorenzo’s set the pace for Sachsenring with a 1:22.047 aboard his YZR-M1. Pedrosa trailed by 0.174 of a second, with Rossi a further 0.194 back.
Fourth went to Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez, who was 0.350 of a second, with home favorite Stefan Bradl placing his LCR Honda RC213V in fifth, 0.413 of a second back.
Despite his crash at Turn one, Crutchlow was sixth quickest. The Brit was followed by the top CRT rider in ever round so far, Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaro, and the top Ducati rider, Nicky Hayden.
The riders will be back on the track Friday afternoon for Free Practice 2 of round eight at Sachsenring.
2013 Sachsenring MotoGP Free Practice 1 Results:
| 1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 290.4 | 1’22.047 | |
| 2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 292.6 | 1’22.221 | 0.174 / 0.174 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 288.2 | 1’22.241 | 0.194 / 0.020 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 291.1 | 1’22.397 | 0.350 / 0.156 |
| 5 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 292.3 | 1’22.460 | 0.413 / 0.063 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 289.7 | 1’22.469 | 0.422 / 0.009 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 278.9 | 1’22.641 | 0.594 / 0.172 |
| 8 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 287.2 | 1’22.816 | 0.769 / 0.175 |
| 9 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 290.6 | 1’22.882 | 0.835 / 0.066 |
| 10 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 289.0 | 1’23.068 | 1.021 / 0.186 |
| 11 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 272.2 | 1’23.131 | 1.084 / 0.063 |
| 12 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 287.9 | 1’23.578 | 1.531 / 0.447 |
| 13 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 274.9 | 1’23.672 | 1.625 / 0.094 |
| 14 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 273.9 | 1’23.695 | 1.648 / 0.023 |
| 15 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 285.3 | 1’23.726 | 1.679 / 0.031 |
| 16 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 283.4 | 1’23.868 | 1.821 / 0.142 |
| 17 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 278.4 | 1’24.521 | 2.474 / 0.653 |
| 18 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 271.8 | 1’24.575 | 2.528 / 0.054 |
| 19 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 279.0 | 1’24.682 | 2.635 / 0.107 |
| 20 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | ITA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 274.5 | 1’24.728 | 2.681 / 0.046 |
| 21 | 67 | Bryan STARING | AUS | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | FTR Honda | 270.5 | 1’24.798 | 2.751 / 0.070 |
| 22 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 274.8 | 1’25.129 | 3.082 / 0.331 |
| 23 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | ART | 275.4 | 1’26.195 | 4.148 / 1.066 |
| 24 | 52 | Lukas PESEK | CZE | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 262.5 | 1’27.172 | 5.125 / 0.977 |
