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Stoner could not handle the pace set by the Honda of Stoner after the first two practice sessions at Silverstone. Lorenzo finished third in the first and fifth after the second free-boiled, after Simoncelli, Hayden and Cruchtlow.

Casey Stoner (Honda) dominated the first two practice sessions of the Grand Prix of Great Britain, Silverstone, both in the morning with the track dry and wet in the afternoon.

After the rain began to fall during training of 125 cc and stopped during the MotoGP, but left the track with plenty of water, no pilot lowered his time to the opening session.

The MotoGP World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo, but was third in the first, the second could not get past the fifth place behind Stoner, his top rival in the championship lead after five races, Marco Simoncelli (Honda ), Nicky Hayden (Ducati) and Cal Cruchtlow (Yamaha).

Stoner had already set the pace and was first with Lorenzo third. Between them, Simoncelli (Honda) with a time of 2:04.407 to 2:03.748 2:04.756 Australian and Spanish.

Another Spanish, Hector Barbera (Ducati) had set the eighth fastest time with 2:06.158, ahead of compatriot Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki), ninth in 2:06.274. Toni Elias (Honda) was fourteenth with 2:07.616.

With the wet pavement, Stoner took twelve seconds to dry, 2:15.666, 2:16.463 Simoncelli and who led the second session several times, alternating with the Australian.

For his part, Valentino Rossi was not even close to the fastest and was relegated to ninth place, away from his teammate, Hayden, on water and the twelfth week dry.

Hector Barbera (Ducati) the eighth place in the table behind the official Yamaha Ben Spies. Barbera stopped the clock in 2:06.158 for the Texan 2.05.00, while compatriot Alvaro Bautista stood behind him a place with 2:06.274.

Pedrosa and Lorenzo demonstrated from the same output as were the strongest, Simoncelli seemed only able to fight them for the victory. However, in the early stages of the race it became clear with the collapse of Italian and left the test in a duel between the two Spanish.

Jorge Lorenzo was running ahead, setting fastest lap to try to escape, but was met with Dani Pedrosa returned to his beat with a few thousandths of a second speed, and so was chained to three times faster than allowed to leave the two other rivals.

Lorenzo and Pedrosa starring in his own fight, in third place, comfortable, settled Australian Casey Stoner, while after he left the Italian Valentino Rossi, who played a good start to avoid falling behind to an early exit, and Andrea Dovizioso. Since that time, almost to the end of the race, the fight for victory was led by Jorge Lorenzo, in charge of setting the pace, and Dani Pedrosa, who at all times is “stuck” in the wake of rival waiting opportunity or failure to overcome and win the victory.

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Spanish has become with the latter in the national pilot with more poles of history with 43, surpassing by one the legendary Jorge Martinez ‘Aspar’, who held the record until now. Daniel Pedrosa left behind with 35, Angel Nieto with 34, and Ricardo Tormo with 23.

The Yamaha once again proved that the circuit of Estoril is its proper track talisman, because it takes three consecutive years, four with this, dominating the qualifying sessions and winning on the track Portugal.

Reigning MotoGP champion managed to hold the pole with a lap of 1:37.161, got in the final minutes of the session and fail in their attempts to Honda riders Daniel Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, who finished third and fourth, respectively.

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He has said the world champion. The Spanish is clear that his main rival will be neither beat nor Rossi Pedrosa, but Casey Stoner. Lawrence recognizes that need to risk the most in every competition and will not have improved on his bike for another six months.

The Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) MotoGP world champion, has warned that although things will “turn out well” at the Grand Prix of Qatar, where he earned second place, “that does not mean that also go well “in the next round of this season at Jerez. In his view, Casey Stoner (Honda) will be the “team to beat” this year, but recalled, “we just race and any of us can fall or have a drop.”

“But there are always tough opponents,” he added, referring to Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi, who has not ruled out in the fight for the world title, expected a “difficult”, so he admits that will be followed by “pulling the car. ” Continue Reading »

Stoner set a best time of 1:59.665 for the first time, representing the barrier to break two minutes in the Malaysian path it did in its first round of the day, but shortly after he approached, but certainly not could be overcome at any time, Spanish Dani Pedrosa, with 1:59.803.

The third place went to the official driver for Honda but framed in the team of Fausto Gresini, Italian Marco Simoncelli, who narrowly overcame the team’s third driver, also Italian Andrea Dovizioso.

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