Friday, 28
September 2012
On a wet
first day at the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón it was Yamaha Factory Racing’s Ben
Spies who laid down the benchmark by setting the fastest time of the day in the
afternoon practice session ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.
After a
near-wasted morning session with a part-wet surface, riders were greeted with
rain for their second run out where Spies’ time of just over two minutes
relegated Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa into second, who left it late to post his
best time. Third place went to Yamaha’s championship leader Jorge Lorenzo,
although the Spaniard was almost half a second off the front.
Ducati Team’s
Nicky Hayden finished the day fourth fastest, with the American benefiting from
the wet condition as his right hand continues to heal from injury. In fifth,
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso led the satellite machines, yet was
over a second off Spies’ best time.
LCR Honda
MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl ended the day in sixth, after looking strong all session
on his RC213V machine. Seventh place went to Dovizioso’s teammate Cal
Crutchlow, who had his fastest time cancelled at the end due to cutting the
track. In eighth, Ducati’s Valentino Rossi couldn’t capitalise on his prowess
in the wet, seemingly not finding a setting he looked comfortable with. He
finished ahead of Cardion AB Racing’s Karel Abraham in ninth, who will be
pleased at having finished narrowly behind his factory counterpart.
The top ten
was completed by San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista, with the Spaniard
hoping to try out some new Showa suspension before qualifying tomorrow. Power
Electronics Aspar’s Randy de Puniet put in a solid performance to finish as top
CRT machine in 12th, ahead of his teammate Aleix Espargaró. Turn 1 turned out
to be a tricky spot for many of the riders, with numerous running off at the
end of the straight as they pushed to improve their lap times.
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