2012 Brno MotoGP FP3 Result: Pedrosa Crushes The Field

Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2012-08-25 09:40
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Dani Pedrosa has dominated the final session of  free practice for the MotoGP class at Brno, setting a searing pace that left the rest of the field gasping for breath. Pedrosa was half a second quicker than the rest of the grid for most of practice, then posted a lap of 1'56.209 on his final lap, getting within a few hundredths of Valentino Rossi's pole lap record set in 2009. Ben Spies took 2nd spot, the Factory Yamaha man the only other rider to get inside the 1'56 mark, but still three quarters of a second down on Pedrosa's time, while Spies' teammate Jorge Lorenzo was for 3rd, eight tenths off Pedrosa's pace. Lorenzo was clearly unhappy with his time at the end, shaking his head on his cool down lap.

The Tech 3 Twosome of Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow took 4th and 5th respectively, though little separates them from the times of the factory Yamahas, while Valentino Rossi continues his decent weekend at Brno, bagging 6th, but more importantly, less than a quarter of a second slower than Jorge Lorenzo. Alvaro Bautista led Stefan Bradl in the dance of the satellite Hondas, while Karel Abraham took 9th, just ahead of Randy de Puniet on the Power Electronics Aspar ART bike.

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 26 Dani PEDROSA HONDA 1'56.209    
2 11 Ben SPIES YAMAHA 1'56.952 0.743 0.743
3 99 Jorge LORENZO YAMAHA 1'57.015 0.806 0.063
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO YAMAHA 1'57.092 0.883 0.077
5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW YAMAHA 1'57.120 0.911 0.028
6 46 Valentino ROSSI DUCATI 1'57.258 1.049 0.138
7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA HONDA 1'57.307 1.098 0.049
8 6 Stefan BRADL HONDA 1'57.312 1.103 0.005
9 17 Karel ABRAHAM DUCATI 1'58.502 2.293 1.190
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET ART 1'58.831 2.622 0.329
11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO ART 1'59.129 2.920 0.298
12 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ BQR 1'59.494 3.285 0.365
13 24 Toni ELIAS DUCATI 1'59.551 3.342 0.057
14 51 Michele PIRRO FTR 1'59.669 3.460 0.118
15 54 Mattia PASINI ART 2'00.257 4.048 0.588
16 22 Ivan SILVA BQR 2'00.732 4.523 0.475
17 77 James ELLISON ART 2'00.749 4.540 0.017
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI IODA 2'00.968 4.759 0.219
19 5 Colin EDWARDS SUTER 2'02.159 5.950 1.191

 

Round Number: 
12
2012
Dani Pedrosa has dominated the final session of  free practice for the MotoGP class at Brno, setting a searing pace that left the rest of the field gasping for breath. Pedrosa was half a second quicker than the rest of the grid for most of practice, then posted a lap of 1'56.209 on his final lap, getting within a few hundredths of Valentino Rossi's pole lap record set in 2009. Ben Spies took 2nd spot, the Factory Yamaha man the only other rider to get inside the 1'56 mark, but still three quarters of a second down on Pedrosa's time, while Spies' teammate Jorge Lorenzo was for 3rd, eight tenths off Pedrosa's pace. Lorenzo was clearly unhappy with his time at the end, shaking his head on his cool down lap.The Tech 3 Twosome of Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow took 4th and 5th respectively, though little separates them from the times of the factory Yamahas, while Valentino Rossi continues his decent weekend at Brno, bagging 6th, but more importantly, less than a quarter of a second slower than Jorge Lorenzo. Alvaro Bautista led Stefan Bradl in the dance of the satellite Hondas, while Karel Abraham took 9th, just ahead of Randy de Puniet on the Power Electronics Aspar ART bike.Results:

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