Lorenzo tops practice at Silverstone

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was fastest in practice as the Hertz British Grand Prix weekend began at the Silverstone Circuit on Friday.

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