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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.

American Casey Stoner was fastest in final practice round in the Losail circuit before the start of the tournament. The Spanish Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo was second only able to be seventh.

Pedrosa fell to just 64 milliseconds to return to get the fastest lap in the first World Championship circuit, which won the previous day. For his part, Jorge Lorenzo was seventh with a record worse than the first day.

So lonely, Stoner and Pedrosa, both Honda drivers were able to lose 1 minute and 56 seconds, on a day that was more complicated for the drivers, due to strong wind and the presence of sand on the circuit.

Following re-setting them American Ben Spies Yamaha, third with a record of 1:56.294, to 613 thousandths of Stoner. The Honda, Simoncelli and Dovizioso, were fourth and fifth, respectively, and Randy de Puniet (Ducati) was sixth. Jorge Lorenzo was seventh overall to 1,026 American Honda rider, carrying a record 25 mil worse than Sunday. Continue Reading »

Of which there was no news on the Malaysian track was Valentino Rossi. The Italian, who continues with the phase of adaptation to his new bike, the Ducati Desmosedici GP11, was the first pilot of a brand that was not Honda or Yamaha, who have taken the top eight.

Stoner scored since the morning the best time ahead of Pedrosa, who finished the day in second place, nearly four tenths of a second with the MotoGP World Champion 2010, Jorge Lorenzo, in third place nearly five tenths of a second.

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Early in the morning and still on the bike last year, Dani Pedrosa has made the fastest time that has ever given on the Sepang circuit on a motorbike. His time of two minutes and 770 milliseconds has passed the previous best World Champion Moto GP, Jorge Lorenzo, who completed the route with a second and a half more.

Pedrosa spent the first three laps and was on pace to catch the fourth where he managed the brand. The track temperature is not excessive at the time -36 º C-, also helped him as the pilot, who has not given more importance: “I had never shot so fast in this circuit, but just in the morning you are cooler and got some very good first four laps. I was not looking for a while, but I’ve seen the track and I pulled responded. “

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Another thing you have tasted the Italian was able to generate a good atmosphere in their environment, which is very positive as small as a factory Ducati.

On the changes already made in the GP 2011, which will be presented at the Wrooom, Preziosi said he worked on the motor and electronics to get a torque curve more linear, which makes it easier to ride the bike. He noted that dealt with the fairing to make it more streamlined and easy driving position of Valentino.

He noted that after training in Valencia last November, in which Valentino first tested the bike, established a set of priorities with the aim of making the bike easier to ride, which does not mean it slower.

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