Spies leads opening practice at Indy
With conditions ideal, crowds were delighted to see the three national riders highly placed, with only the Ducati of Stoner and Gresini Honda of Marco Simoncelli spoiling the symmetry. Italians Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso occupied the next two spots, with Spaniards filling places eight to eleven.
Stoner led the way with 90 seconds to go although Spies soon retook the top spot, just under a comfortable three tenths of a second quicker. With championship contender Jorge Lorenzo managing no more than ninth, Dani Pedrosa was seen entering the pits several times en route to tenth.
Karel Abraham’s Cardion bike was struck by problems early on, which appeared to return five minutes before the end of the session when the Czech returned to the pits.
Results
Pos. |
Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
1 | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1'43.260 | 0.000 / 0/0000 |
2 | 27 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'43.552 | 0.292 / 0.292 |
3 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1'43.574 | 0.314 / 0.022 |
4 | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 1'43.582 | 0.322 / 0.008 |
5 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1'44.236 | 0.976 / 0.654 |
6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1'44.362 | 1.102 / 0.126 |
7 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'44.551 | 1.291 / 0.189 |
8 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 1'45.026 | 1.766 / 0.475 |
9 | 1 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1'45.065 | 1.805 / 0.039 |
10 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'45.192 | 1.932 / 0.127 |
11 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 1'45.249 | 1.989 / 0.057 |
12 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1'45.368 | 2.108 / 0.119 |
13 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1'45.577 | 2.317 / 0.209 |
14 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 1'46.159 | 2.899 / 0.582 |
15 | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI | ITA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1'46.484 | 3.224 / 0.325 |
16 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 1'46.643 | 3.383 / 0.159 |
17 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1'47.507 | 4.247 / 0.864 |