
MotoGP: Rossi fastest
250cc GP free practice:
1 Roberto LOCATELLI 1'48.014
2 Yuki TAKAHASHI 1'48.114
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1'48.189
4 Hiroshi AOYAMA 1'48.275
5 Alex DEBON 1'48.425
6 Alex DE ANGELIS 1'48.579
7 Jakub SMRZ 1'48.640
8 Jorge LORENZO 1'49.006
9 Marco SIMONCELLI 1'49.173
10 Sylvain GUINTOLI 1'49.253
11 Alex BALDOLINI 1'49.283
12 Manuel POGGIALI 1'49.319
13 Anthony WEST 1'49.425
14 Shuhei AOYAMA 1'50.012
15 Andrea BALLERINI 1'50.097
16 Arturo TIZON 1'50.187
17 Franco BATTAINI 1'50.313
18 Jules CLUZEL 1'50.765
19 Martin CARDENAS 1'51.248
20 Fabrizio PERREN 1'52.197
21 Arnaud VINCENT 1'52.691
22 Luca MORELLI 1'53.192
23 Alessio PALUMBO 1'53.515
24 Franz ASCHENBRENNER 1'54.212
25 Dan LINFOOT 1'54.273
26 Jordi CARCHANO 1'56.158
Sebastian PORTO
125cc free practice one:
1. Alvaro BAUTISTA 1'51.343
2. Mika KALLIO 1'51.464
3. Hector FAUBEL 1'51.832
4. Gabor TALMACSI 1'51.845 5. Sergio GADEA 1'51.947 6. Julian SIMON 1'52.059 7. Simone CORSI 1'52.096 8. Mattia PASINI 1'52.163 9. Thomas LUTHI 1'52.357 10. Nicolas TEROL 1'52.426 11. Tomoyoshi KOYAMA 1'52.431 12. Lukas PESEK 1'52.446 13. Joan OLIVE 1'52.582 14. Andrea IANNONE 1'52.637 15. Sandro CORTESE 1'52.666 16. Lorenzo ZANETTI 1'52.713 17. Pol ESPARGARO 1'52.819 18. Pablo NIETO 1'52.860 19. Raffaele DE ROSA 1'52.878 20. Esteve RABAT 1'52.975 21. Fabrizio LAI 1'53.045 22. Karel ABRAHAM 1'53.175 23. Stefan BRADL 1'53.275 24. Bradley SMITH 1'53.309 25. Mike DI MEGLIO 1'53.339 26. Angel RODRIGUEZ 1'53.541 27. Joey LITJENS 1'53.566 28. Michele PIRRO 1'53.745 29. Michael RANSEDER 1'53.749 30. Imre TOTH 1'53.942 31. Aleix ESPARGARO 1'53.943 32. Federico SANDI 1'54.062 33. Alexis MASBOU 1'54.240 34. Manuel HERNANDEZ 1'54.676 35. Mateo TUNEZ 1'54.882 36. Lorenzo BARONI 1'55.004 37. Michele CONTI 1'55.227 38. Hugo VAN DEN BERG 1'55.254 39. Vincent BRAILLARD 1'55.449 40. Daniel WEBB 1'55.773 41. Dino LOMBARDI 1'55.911 42. Roberto TAMBURINI 1'56.391 43. Simone GROTZKYJ 1'56.733 44. Ivan MAESTRO 1'56.751
Valentino Rossi has gone fastest in the second free practice session for the Catalunya GP, with a time of 1:42.837 on the Camel Yamaha.
The reigning champion demoted the leader of the first session, Kenny Roberts, to second on the time sheet as the American couldn't improve on his earlier time. Dani Pedrosa remains third fastest on the Repsol Honda, but the biggest improvement was Chris Vermeulen who moved to fourth quickest for Rizla Suzuki. Britain's James Ellison also improved, lapping faster than the Pramac Ducati riders Alex Hoffman and Jose Luis Cardoso. Click here for the full time sheet.
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First qualifying for the 125cc GP class saw Mika Kallio take provisional pole for Red Bull KTM with 1:57.275, half a second quicker than reigning champion Thomas Luthi. Michele Conti is third quickest, and Britain's Bradley Smith finished the session in an impressive sixth quickest. Fellow Brit Daniel Webb is 40th quickest, while young KTM rider Stefan Bradl sat out the session after crashing in practice. Click here for the full timesheet.
Morning practice
Kenny Roberts Jr has gone fastest in the first free practice session for the Catalunya GP.
Roberts posted a fastest lap of 1:42.923 to head the timesheet from Colin Edwards on the Camel Yamaha (1:43.197) and Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda (1:43.234). Valentino Rossi is fourth fasest. Interestingly the highest speed at the circuit was 329.5km/h, set by Makoto Tamada who went 16th fastest. Britain's James Ellison is 19th quickest. To see the full time sheet, click here.
Roberto Locatelli heads the 250cc GP practice for Team Toth with 1:48.014,from the Humangest duo of Yuki Takahashi (1:48.114) and Andrea Dovizioso (1:48.189). Britian's Dan Linfoot is 25th for the Teng Tool Winona Racing squad with 1:56.158. For the full time sheet, click here.
In 125cc free practice the MVA Aspar team dominate the top five places, with Alvaro Bautista quickest (1:51.343), Hector Faubel third (1:51.832), and Sergio Gadea (1:51.947). Second fastest was Mika Kallio on the Red Bull KTM, while Gabor Talmacsi was fourth fastest. Britain's Bradley Smith is 24th quickest, with wildcard team-mate Daniel Webb 40th. Click here for the full time sheet, click here.
125cc GP first qualifying:
1 Mika KALLIO 1'57.275
2 Thomas LUTHI 1'57.739
3 Michele CONTI 1'58.061
4 Mike DI MEGLIO 1'58.155
5 Joey LITJENS 1'58.260
6 Bradley SMITH 1'58.545
7 Raffaele DE ROSA 1'58.597
8 Lorenzo ZANETTI 1'58.614
9 Gabor TALMACSI 1'58.675
10 Michele PIRRO 1'58.706
11 Simone CORSI 1'58.781
12 Sergio GADEA 1'58.869
13 Fabrizio LAI 1'58.877
14 Pablo NIETO 1'59.128
15 Sandro CORTESE 1'59.306
16 Lukas PESEK 1'59.376
17 Joan OLIVE 1'59.766
18 Michael RANSEDER 1'59.862
19 Pol ESPARGARO 1'59.940
20 Hector FAUBEL 1'59.958
21 Lorenzo BARONI 2'00.029
22 Aleix ESPARGARO 2'00.166
23 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA 2'00.427
24 Karel ABRAHAM 2'00.448
25 Imre TOTH 2'00.591
26 Ivan MAESTRO 2'00.688
27 Julian SIMON 2'00.868
28 Mattia PASINI 2'01.273
29 Manuel HERNANDEZ 2'01.380
30 Angel RODRIGUEZ 2'01.387
31 Esteve RABAT 2'01.498
32 Federico SANDI 2'01.749
33 Nicolas TEROL 2'02.224
34 Mateo TUNEZ 2'03.836
35 Andrea IANNONE 2'04.274
36 Alvaro BAUTISTA 2'04.421
37 Dino LOMBARDI 2'04.546
38 Simone GROTZKYJ 2'04.757
39 Vincent BRAILLARD 2'05.277
40 Daniel WEBB 2'05.302
41 Alexis MASBOU 2'05.478
DNQ: Hugo VAN DEN BERG 2'09.720. Roberto TAMBURINI 2'10.082. Stefan BRADL
MotoGP free practice:
1 Kenny ROBERTS JR 1'42.923
2 Colin EDWARDS 1'43.197
3 Dani PEDROSA 1'43.234
4 Valentino ROSSI 1'43.319
5 John HOPKINS 1'43.449
6 Loris CAPIROSSI 1'43.481
7 Nicky HAYDEN 1'43.522
8 Carlos CHECA 1'43.617
9 Marco MELANDRI 1'43.621
10 Casey STONER 1'43.830
11 Chris VERMEULEN 1'43.880
12 Toni ELIAS 1'43.934
13 Sete GIBERNAU 1'44.043
14 Shinya NAKANO 1'44.111
15 Randy DE PUNIET 1'44.393
16 Makoto TAMADA 1'44.595
17 Jose Luis CARDOSO 1'46.207
18 Alex HOFMANN 1'46.387
19 James ELLISON 1'46.551
MotoGP second practice:
1 Valentino ROSSI 1'42.837
2 Kenny ROBERTS JR 1'42.930
3 Dani PEDROSA 1'43.036
4 Chris VERMEULEN 1'43.308
5 Casey STONER 1'43.380
6 Colin EDWARDS 1'43.382
7 John HOPKINS 1'43.421
8 Loris CAPIROSSI 1'43.433
9 Marco MELANDRI 1'43.500
10 Sete GIBERNAU 1'43.617
11 Nicky HAYDEN 1'43.654
12 Randy DE PUNIET 1'43.784
13 Shinya NAKANO 1'43.937
14 Makoto TAMADA 1'43.944
15 Toni ELIAS 1'43.999
16 Carlos CHECA 1'44.059
17 James ELLISON 1'45.616
18 Alex HOFMANN 1'45.912
19 Jose Luis CARDOSO 1'46.384