In the first dry session so far, Pedrosa’s
lap in the high 1.33s saw Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo
dramatically pushed into second by less than two hundredths. Monster
Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow was equally on the pace, with the Brit
being on provisional pole in the final minutes, before being overtaken
by the Spanish duo.
Fourth place went to LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl, who looks ever
more like the complete package on his satellite machine with yet another
terrific performance. Lining up next to him in fifth is San Carlo Honda
Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista, putting on a good show for the team at its
home race. Rounding out the second row is Ducati Team’s Valentino Rossi,
having had one of his best qualifying sessions of the year, fishing
just over seven tenths off the top.
Row three is headed by Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso, who will be
disappointed he could not match his teammate in front of his home crowd.
This pushed Yamaha’s Ben Spies into seventh, with the American doing
well to recover from a crash half way through the session. In ninth,
Repsol Honda’s Jonathan Rea looked unfazed by his lack of track time, as
he went consistently quicker on his factory machine on his MotoGP QP
debut. Ducati’s Nicky Hayden completed the top ten, putting in the laps
despite still suffering from a right hand injury. Power Electronics
Aspar’s Randy de Puniet finished as top CRT, having qualified in 12th.
Apart from Spies, the only other crasher was Speed Master’s Mattia
Pasini, who walked away from the incident unscathed.
source:motogp.com
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