Lorenzo tops practice at Silverstone
The Yamaha Factory Racing rider and last year’s winner led championship leader Marc Marquez and his Repsol Honda Team partner Dani Pedrosa.
Very light rain had affected Moto3 practice during the morning, but blue skies were prominent over Northamptonshire by the time the afternoon arrived, accompanied by a steady breeze.
Lorenzo led the way with his best effort of 2:02.734, two tenths up on Marquez whose last Silverstone victory came in the 125 class three years ago.
Behind Pedrosa, the top five was rounded out by GO&FUN Honda Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista – the 2012 pole-sitter – and Lorenzo’s teammate Valentino Rossi.
Marquez paced the morning session at 2:03.816, followed by Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow.
Results
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 2'02.734 | 0.000/0.000 |
2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'02.958 | 0.224 / 0.224 |
3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'03.192 | 0.458 / 0.234 |
4 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 2'03.463 | 0.729 / 0.271 |
5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 2'03.480 | 0.746 / 0.017 |
6 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'03.505 | 0.771 / 0.025 |
7 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'03.658 | 0.924 / 0.153 |
8 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'03.750 | 1.016 / 0.092 |
9 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 2'03.784 | 1.050 / 0.034 |
10 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'04.089 | 1.355 / 0.305 |
11 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 2'04.145 | 1.411 / 0.056 |
12 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 2'04.476 | 1.742 / 0.331 |
13 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2'05.052 | 2.318 / 0.576 |
14 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 2'05.069 | 2.335 / 0.017 |
15 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 2'05.266 | 2.532 / 0.197 |
16 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2'05.438 | 2.704 / 0.172 |
17 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 2'05.484 | 2.750 / 0.046 |
18 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | ITA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 2'05.506 | 2.772 / 0.022 |
19 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 2'05.657 | 2.923 / 0.151 |
20 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 2'05.977 | 3.243 / 0.320 |
21 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 2'06.038 | 3.304 / 0.061 |
22 | 67 | Bryan STARING | AUS | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | FTR Honda | 2'07.854 | 5.120 / 1.816 |
23 | 52 | Lukas PESEK | CZE | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 2'09.209 | 6.475 / 1.355 |