Great Britain Prize

The Australian dominated in the training of the Great Prize of Great Britain. Lorenzo was third party in the morning and fifth in the session of behind schedule in MotoGP. The Australian Casey Stoner (Honda) dominated the two first sessions of free training of the Great Prize of Great Britain, in Silverstone, as much of in the morning with the dry track like the one of afternoon on wet. After the rain that began to fall during the 125 training of c.c and stopped during those of MotoGP, but he left the drawn up one with water enough, no pilot lowered his time of the opening session. The champion of the world of MotoGP, the Spanish Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), although it was third party in first, in second could not surpass the fifth place behind Stoner, its maximum rival in a championship whom he leads after five tests, the Italian Simoncelli Frame (Honda), the American Nicky Hayden (Ducati) and the British Lime Cruchtlow (Yamaha). In the morning, Stoner already had marked the rate and had been first with Lorenzo third. Between both, the Italian Frame Simoncelli (Honda) with a time of 2:04.407 by 2:03.748 of the Australian and 2:04.756 of the Spanish.

Another Spanish, Hctor Barber (Ducati), had marked to the best eighth crono with 2:06.158, in front of his compatriot Alvaro Baptist (Suzuki), ninth with 2:06.274. Toni Elas (Honda) was fourteenth with 2:07.616. With wet asphalt, Stoner did twelve second more than in dry, 2:15.666, by 2:16.463 of Simoncelli that led the second session of several moments alternating itself with the Australian. On the other hand, the Italian Valentino Rossi not even was near fastest and it was relegated the ninth place, far from his companion in the official equipment Ducati, Hayden, on the water and twelfth in the morning in dry. The nine times champion of the Italian world it obtained individual registries of 2:07.75 and 2:19.435.

The times in the morning were worth to the Hctor Spanish Barber to him (Ducati) the eighth place of the classification behind the official Yamaha of the American Horseradish tree Spies. Barber stopped crono in 2:06.158 by 2.05.007 of the Texan one, whereas his compatriot Alvaro Baptist was placed a place behind him with 2:06.274. Worse luck ran Toni Elas (Honda). Fourteenth in the first session and without being able to improve as far as the classification one talks about in second, with times of 2:07.616 and 2:19.619, respectively. Ahead, Casey Stoner not only maintained throughout the day the first place of the classification, but it demonstrated to have the best rate of carrer to, mainly with dry asphalt. The Australian, champion of the world of MotoGP in 2007, was unique the able one to add four consecutive returns to the historical track of the center of England in 2:05 or 2:04. In any case, Jorge Lorenzo was near the South Sea islander in that aspect, because he connected one in 2:05.419, more two in 2:04.864 and 2:04.956. Source of the news: Casey Stoner dominates the two sessions of free training in Silverstone