The champion of the world sent almost from the beginning. Pedrosa, second. Stoner, the third. In the free first he sent Casey Stoner. The Spanish Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha YZR M 1) stunned all rivals in the second and final round of free practice for the Grand Prix of United States MotoGP, which takes place this weekend at the Laguna Seca circuit. Australian Casey Stoner (Honda RC 212 V) had been the fastest in the first round of training, with a record of 1: 22. 300, but by afternoon cost much to Australian reach that record and when it did, almost at the end of the day, downgraded it by just a few thousandths of a second (1: 22. 231).
While Stoner gave the impression that could not approaching its previous records, nor by pace nor by definition on the track, the champion of the world sent in these trainings almost from the beginning and, Furthermore, did it with a record almost three tenths more faster than Casey Stoner (Honda RC 212 V), with 1: 22 056, which obtained in the fifth round and that none of his rivals could beat until almost the end. Nor the own Lorenzo, who took u n scare almost at the end of the last free practice, could lower this time, but also did not lack, since none of his rivals could beat him, although registration is significantly higher than the best MotoGP times in this circuit. Dani Pedrosa, which in the free first took a small scare off the track and fall, was not harmed by that circumstance in the morning or later in the afternoon-free seconds, which they either took too long in place with the leading group and remained there until the end. Pedrosa, second Pedrosa ended a little more than one tenth of a second of Lorenzo, Stoner behind him to just 34 thousandths of a second. Fourth place, ahead of one of the Favorites at Laguna Seca, the American Ben Spies (Yamaha YZR M 1) was for the Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Honda RC 212 V), with countryman Marco Simoncelli (Honda RC 212 V) below and the Spanish alvaro Bautista (Suzuki GSV RR) in a more than creditable seventh final position. Italian Valentino Rossi (Ducati Desmosedici) could not too improve their situation, while in United States he and his teammate American Nicky Hayden have both versions of bike that have evolved this season, but the American, who was the quicker of the two, finished tenth to more than one second from the leader and in the case of the nine times world champion rolled 1.2 seconds slower than his former partner team, Jorge Lorenzo. After Rossi stood Hector Barbera (Ducati Desmosedici), which will be its 150 Grand Prix World Championship. Toni Elias (Honda RC 212 V) situation not improved too with respect to previous appointments despite the arrival of the American Ben Bostrom, who with 37 years will enjoy the American career with the second moto of the pilot of Manresa, which forces both to avoid making mistakes for not sitting on bike. Elias was 15th, while Bostrom finished in the last place. Source of the news: Lorenzo surprises everyone from the first few minutes of the last run