Moto GP

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Well we could be in for one hell of a race with the top four on top of the time sheets and less than 400 hundreds of second splitting them so we will now have to wait for a couple of hours to see what qualifying brings.

Pedrosa ups pace to head MotoGP morning session
Saturday, 25 July 2009

Repsol Honda rider remains quickest at Donington Park on Saturday morning.


Dani Pedrosa kept up his pace in Saturday morningâ€s practice session for the British Grand Prix, racking up the fastest MotoGP time for the second successive run-out at Donington Park. The 2006 racewinner at the Midlands circuit was under two-tenths quicker than nearest rival Jorge Lorenzo courtesy of an exceedingly quick late lap.

Lorenzo and Pedrosa engaged in a brief shootout on a dry track, at one point both level at the head of the timesheet with exactly the same time. It took a further lap from Pedrosa to distance the Spanish pair.

A crash three minutes in at Melbourne gave Casey Stoner something to think about early on, but the Ducati Marlboro rider appeared unfazed as he rejoined the action soon after. There was no repeat of the low speed tumble en route to his third place finish on the sessionâ€s results board.

Completing the top quartet of the class†‘big fourâ€, Valentino Rossi was just behind and still under half a second slower than Pedrosa. Colin Edwards, Toni Elías, Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Melandri, Randy de Puniet and Mika Kallio completed the top ten.


BRITISH GRAND PRIX

MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'28.787 274.630
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'28.957 268.944 0.170
3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'29.096 272.203 0.309
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'29.164 271.313 0.377
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'29.641 270.293 0.854
6 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'30.078 270.293 1.291
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'30.145 271.040 1.358
8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'30.210 270.225 1.423
9 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'30.313 267.410 1.526
10 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'30.329 269.684 1.542
11 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'30.421 271.997 1.634
12 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'30.559 268.476 1.772
13 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'30.638 268.342 1.851
14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'30.798 269.280 2.011
15 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'30.882 267.013 2.095
16 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'31.003 268.275 2.216
17 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'31.681 268.609 2.894

16 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'31.003 268.275 2.216
17 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'31.681 268.609 2.894

16 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'31.003 268.275 2.216
17 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'31.681 268.609 2.894