 Round 7 of MotoGP World Championship is going to take place in Catalynya this
weekend, with different riders topping time sheets in all three free practices.
Man who was fastes in first free practice session was Kenny Roberts Jr, showing
progress made on Honda powered KR211V. In second free practice session,
Valentino Rossi set fastest time on the track where he has great results. In
third free practice session, fastest man was Casey Stoner, who has successfully
recovered from crash in Mugello.
In combined free practice times, Dani Pedrosa was second fastest with time
set in FP3. Young Spaniard knows Catalunya track well, and lap analysis have
shown that he has set lot of fast and consistent lap times. Valentino Rossi's
time was third fastest in combined time sheets, with Yamaha traditionally
working well in Catalunya. Colin Edwards set fourth fastest time in Catalunya.
John Hopkins set 5th fastest time on Suzuki, continuing sting of strong practice
results. Kenny Roberts was unable to improve his fastest time from FP1, but it
was enough for 6th fastest time in combined time sheets. Nicky Hayden ended free
practices as 7th overall, in front of Ducati duo od Gibernau and Capirossi.
Shinya Nakano completed top ten fastest riders in combined practice times.
Combined free practice times in Catalunya
1 C.STONER
1:42.407
2 D.PEDROSA 1:42.423
3 V.ROSSI 1:42.450
4 C.EDWARDS
1:42.625
5 J.HOPKINS 1:42.672
6 K.ROBERTS 1:42.923
7 N.HAYDEN
1:42.994
8 S.GIBERNAU 1:43.001
9 L.CAPIROSSI 1:43.081
10 S.NAKANO
1:43.119
11 R.DE PUNIET 1:43.250
12 C.VERMEULEN 1:43.308
13 M.MELANDRI
1:43.318
14 M.TAMADA 1:43.415
15 C.CHECA 1:43.617
16 T.ELIAS
1:43.688
17 A.HOFMANN 1:45.246
18 J.ELLISON 1:45.294
19 J.CARDOSO
1:45.472
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