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MOTOGP: Pedrosa Owns Opening Day At USGP
Dani Pedrosa continued his impressive performance at Laguna Seca, grabbing the top spot on the order in both Friday free practice sessions.
Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa (Photo: Dorna Communications)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix from Laguna Seca will air on SPEED on Sunday, July 29th at 6:00pm ET. Qualifying will air on SPEED on Saturday, July 28 at 11:00pm ET and free practice will air on SPEED2 Friday, July 27 at 5:10pm ET. #MotoGPonSPEED
Under sunny Californian skies it was Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa who set the pace on the first day of practice in the afternoon session of the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in front of Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner.
His lap in the low 1m21s, beating the previous circuit record, displaced Yamaha Factory Racing’s championship leader Jorge Lorenzo into second spot, who was just over three tenths off the pace. Pedrosa’s teammate, Casey Stoner, went third quickest by a narrow margin, yet was held up on his final hot-lap by traffic, forcing him to run off track briefly.
Fourth spot on the timesheet was occupied by Yamaha’s Ben Spies, who earlier this week announced he will leave the team at the end of the season. In fifth, Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso was in good shape looking to put on a good show, to challenge for the soon to be vacant factory seat. His teammate Cal Crutchlow posted the sixth quickest time of the day, despite suffering a heavy crash going into Turn 10. He was fortunately unhurt in the incident.
Seventh spot went to Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden, who earlier in the day confirmed a one-year contract extension with the Italian team. In eighth, LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl had a good day on his first MotoGP outing at the Californian track, posting his fastest time in the afternoon session just under 1.5s off the top. Ducati’s Valentino Rossi set the ninth fastest time, yet also suffered a crash going into turn three, which prompted the session to be red-flagged for the damaged air-fence to be repaired. San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista, who crashed at the same turn as Rossi shortly beforehand, came in tenth. Both riders walked away unscathed.
Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaró was the fastest CRT in 11th, ahead of teammate Randy de Puniet. NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards continued his resurgent form coming in 13th, ousting Pramac Racing Team’s Toni Elías into 14th, who is standing in for the injured Héctor Barberá. Attack Performance wild card Steve Rapp ended the day in 22nd, just under seven seconds off the front.
Under sunny Californian skies it was Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa who set the pace on the first day of practice in the afternoon session of the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in front of Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner.
His lap in the low 1m21s, beating the previous circuit record, displaced Yamaha Factory Racing’s championship leader Jorge Lorenzo into second spot, who was just over three tenths off the pace. Pedrosa’s teammate, Casey Stoner, went third quickest by a narrow margin, yet was held up on his final hot-lap by traffic, forcing him to run off track briefly.
Fourth spot on the timesheet was occupied by Yamaha’s Ben Spies, who earlier this week announced he will leave the team at the end of the season. In fifth, Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso was in good shape looking to put on a good show, to challenge for the soon to be vacant factory seat. His teammate Cal Crutchlow posted the sixth quickest time of the day, despite suffering a heavy crash going into Turn 10. He was fortunately unhurt in the incident.
Seventh spot went to Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden, who earlier in the day confirmed a one-year contract extension with the Italian team. In eighth, LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl had a good day on his first MotoGP outing at the Californian track, posting his fastest time in the afternoon session just under 1.5s off the top. Ducati’s Valentino Rossi set the ninth fastest time, yet also suffered a crash going into turn three, which prompted the session to be red-flagged for the damaged air-fence to be repaired. San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista, who crashed at the same turn as Rossi shortly beforehand, came in tenth. Both riders walked away unscathed.
Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaró was the fastest CRT in 11th, ahead of teammate Randy de Puniet. NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards continued his resurgent form coming in 13th, ousting Pramac Racing Team’s Toni Elías into 14th, who is standing in for the injured Héctor Barberá. Attack Performance wild card Steve Rapp ended the day in 22nd, just under seven seconds off the front.
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