MotoGP - 2010 - Silverstone -FP1

Lorenzo tops first Silverstone practice

By Matt Beer http://www.autosport.com

Friday, June 18th 2010, 13:57 GMT

Jorge Lorenzo got up to speed fastest as the MotoGP field acclimatised to the new Silverstone in Friday practice.

The championship leader ended the first hour of running 0.142 seconds ahead of Casey Stoner's Ducati.

Stoner had been the early pacesetter, before the impressive Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) and Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) took turns on top for a while.

Yamaha's sole works rider Lorenzo then moved to the head of the order with 12 minutes to go, improving his time to 2m05.991s on his next lap. Any other gains were prevented when a hard rain shower started two minutes from the end, sending everyone to the pits.

Stoner improved just before then, pushing Dovizioso and de Puniet back to third and fourth, with Ben Spies completing the top five for Tech 3 Yamaha.

Mugello winner Dani Pedrosa was back in sixth on the second works Honda, while Ducati's Nicky Hayden was 10th. Gresini Honda got both riders in the top ten - Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli in seventh and ninth, split by Pramac Ducati's Aleix Espargaro.

Pos  Rider   Team      Time       Gap
1.Jorge Lorenzo;;Yamaha;;2m05.991s
2.Casey Stoner;;Ducati;;2m06.133s;;+ 0.142s
3.Andrea Dovizioso;;Honda;;2m06.347s;;+ 0.356s
4.Randy de Puniet;; LCR Honda;; 2m06.439s;;+ 0.448s
5.Ben Spies;;Tech 3 Yamaha;;2m07.250s;;+ 1.259s
6.Dani Pedrosa;;Honda;;2m07.586s;;+ 1.595s
7.Marco Melandri;;Gresini Honda;;2m07.588s;;+ 1.597s
8.Aleix Espargaro;; Pramac Ducati;;2m07.927s;;+ 1.936s
9.Marco Simoncelli;;Gresini Honda;;2m07.951s;;+ 1.960s
10.Nicky Hayden;;Ducati;;2m08.300s;;+ 2.309s
11.Hector Barbera;;Aspar Ducati;;2m08.452s;;+ 2.461s
12.Colin Edwards;;Tech 3 Yamaha;;2m08.525s;;+ 2.534s
13.Alvaro Bautista;; Suzuki;;2m08.666s;;+ 2.675s
14.Hiroshi Aoyama;;Interwetten Honda;;2m09.639s;;+ 3.648s
15.Loris Capirossi;; Suzuki;;2m09.805s;;+ 3.814s
16.Mika Kallio;;Pramac Ducati;;2m10.227s;;+ 4.236s