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30-08-2009, 03:35am
Rapid Pedrosa maintains momentum at The Brickyard
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Dani Pedrosa was the top man again in the Saturday morning MotoGP practice run at Indianapolis.
Ahead of qualifying later today at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Repsol Hondaâ€s Dani Pedrosa has been the fastest rider in both free practice sessions thus far.
The Spanish rider was the top man in the rain yesterday and in dry conditions on Saturday morning he lapped faster than any of his rivals once again, taking his factory RC212V round the Indianapolis MotoGP track in 1â€40.271 on his last lap in the session. That was more than half a second quicker than the time which gave Valentino Rossi pole at The Brickyard last year.
No-one was able to get within a second of Pedrosaâ€s pace, with his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo lapping second fastest - thanks to a best effort 1.015s behind the Honda man.
Alex de Angelis (San Carlo Honda Gresini) caused something of a surprise in third place with a time very similar to Lorenzoâ€s, whilst the Spaniardâ€s Fiat Yamaha team-mate Rossi was just a tenth of a second behind him in fourth.
With Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) placing fifth and sixth respectively there were three Yamahas and three Hondas in the top six.
Next came the three Ducatis of Nicky Hayden, Niccolò Canepa and Mika Kallio, ahead of final top ten representative Marco Melandri (Hayate Racing).
Pramac Racingâ€s replacement rider Aleix Espargaró impressed again in 14th place, in front of regular riders such as Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) and James Toseland (Monster Yamaha Tech 3).
RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS 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 1'40.271 311.186
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'41.286 313.511 1.015
3 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'41.324 315.531 1.053
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'41.389 315.193 1.118
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'41.459 312.178 1.188
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'41.793 316.551 1.522
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1'41.883 312.178 1.612
8 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'42.380 310.200 2.109
9 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Ducati Team Ducati 1'42.433 316.893 2.162
10 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'42.460 314.855 2.189
11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'42.507 313.511 2.236
12 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'42.603 315.870 2.332
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'42.665 311.847 2.394
14 44 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'42.775 309.873 2.504
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'42.815 313.511 2.544
16 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'43.131 311.847 2.860
17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'43.184 308.895 2.913
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Dani Pedrosa was the top man again in the Saturday morning MotoGP practice run at Indianapolis.
Ahead of qualifying later today at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Repsol Hondaâ€s Dani Pedrosa has been the fastest rider in both free practice sessions thus far.
The Spanish rider was the top man in the rain yesterday and in dry conditions on Saturday morning he lapped faster than any of his rivals once again, taking his factory RC212V round the Indianapolis MotoGP track in 1â€40.271 on his last lap in the session. That was more than half a second quicker than the time which gave Valentino Rossi pole at The Brickyard last year.
No-one was able to get within a second of Pedrosaâ€s pace, with his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo lapping second fastest - thanks to a best effort 1.015s behind the Honda man.
Alex de Angelis (San Carlo Honda Gresini) caused something of a surprise in third place with a time very similar to Lorenzoâ€s, whilst the Spaniardâ€s Fiat Yamaha team-mate Rossi was just a tenth of a second behind him in fourth.
With Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) placing fifth and sixth respectively there were three Yamahas and three Hondas in the top six.
Next came the three Ducatis of Nicky Hayden, Niccolò Canepa and Mika Kallio, ahead of final top ten representative Marco Melandri (Hayate Racing).
Pramac Racingâ€s replacement rider Aleix Espargaró impressed again in 14th place, in front of regular riders such as Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) and James Toseland (Monster Yamaha Tech 3).
RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS 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 1'40.271 311.186
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'41.286 313.511 1.015
3 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'41.324 315.531 1.053
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'41.389 315.193 1.118
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'41.459 312.178 1.188
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'41.793 316.551 1.522
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1'41.883 312.178 1.612
8 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'42.380 310.200 2.109
9 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Ducati Team Ducati 1'42.433 316.893 2.162
10 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'42.460 314.855 2.189
11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'42.507 313.511 2.236
12 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'42.603 315.870 2.332
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'42.665 311.847 2.394
14 44 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'42.775 309.873 2.504
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'42.815 313.511 2.544
16 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'43.131 311.847 2.860
17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'43.184 308.895 2.913