Spies Leads Wet Day At Aragon
ALCANIZ, Spain – On a wet first day at the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón, it was Yamaha Factory Racing’s Ben Spies who laid down the benchmark by setting the fastest time of the day in the afternoon practice session ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.
After a near-wasted morning session with a part-wet surface, riders were greeted with rain for their second run.
Spies’ time of just over two minutes relegated Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa into second, who left it late to post his best time. Third place went to Yamaha’s championship leader Lorenzo, although the Spaniard was almost half a second off the front. He did, however, claim that he did not push for a fast lap at the end.
Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden finished the day fourth fastest, with the American benefiting from the wet condition as his right hand continues to heal from injury.
In fifth, Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso led the satellite machines, yet was over a second off Spies’ best time.
LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl ended the day in sixth, after looking strong all session on his RC213V machine. Seventh place went to Dovizioso’s teammate Cal Crutchlow, who had his fastest time cancelled at the end due to cutting the track.
In eighth, Ducati’s Valentino Rossi couldn’t capitalise on his prowess in the wet, as a gearbox problem saw him heading out on his second bike, using a less than ideal set-up. He finished ahead of Cardion AB Racing’s Karel Abraham in ninth.
The top 10 was completed by San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista.
Posted by NSSN Staff
on Sep 28 2012 Filed under Latest Headlines, MotoGP, Motorcycles.
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