MotoGP Indianapolis Saturday Practice

The second day of racing activities started off at Indianapolis under much better conditions, the track dry and the riders picking up the pace a great deal.

MotoGP

In the MotoGP ranks it was Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa topping the time sheets once again, just as he did yesterday in the wet, only now with a blisteringly fast time of 1:40.271, under the previous lap record of 1:40.776 set at Valentino Rossi last year. He was followed close by Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and surprise third-quick rider, San Carlo Gresini Honda’s Alex de Angelis. Rossi was only a hair back in fourth with American Colin Edwards rounding out the top five. Fellow American Nicky Hayden, who was second yesterday in the wet, was a respectable seventh today in the dry, just over half a second off Pedrosa at the top.

RESULTS
1. Dani Pedrosa (Honda), 1:40.271
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), 1:41.286
3. Alex De Angelis (Honda), 1:41.324
4. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), 1:41.389
5. Colin Edwards (Yamaha), 1:41.459
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda), 1:41.793
7. Nicky Hayden (Ducati), 1:41.883
8. Niccolo Canepa (Ducati), 1:42.380
9. Mika Kallio (Ducati), 1:42.433
10. Marco Melandri (Kawasaki), 1:42.460
11. Loris Capirossi (Suzuki), 1:42.507
12. Toni Elias (Honda), 1:42.603
13. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki), 1:42.665
14. Aleix Espargaro (Ducati), 1:42.775
15. Randy De Puniet (Honda), 1:42.815
16. James Toseland (Yamaha), 1:43.131
17. Gabor Talmacsi (Honda), 1:43.184



125cc GP

In the 125cc GP ranks it was British youngster Bradley Smith on the Bancaja Aprilia on top of the time sheets with a 1:49.251, followed by Derbi’s Pol Espargaro and Nicolas Terol on the Jack & Jones Aprilia. Smith’s Bancaja teammate Julian Simon was fourth with Keifer Racing’s Stefan Bradl rounding out the top five.





RESULTS
1. Bradley Smith (Aprilia), 1:49.251
2. Pol Espargaro (Derbi), 1:49.577
3. Nicolas Terol (Aprilia), 1:49.855
4. Julian Simon (Aprilia), 1:49.983
5. Stefan Bradl (Aprilia), 1:50.016
6. Sandro Cortese (Derbi), 1:50.018
7. Simone Corsi (Aprilia), 1:50.018
8. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia), 1:50.199
9. Scott Redding (Aprilia), 1:50.271
10. Efren Vazquez (Derbi), 1:50.288



250cc GP

In the quarter-liter class is was reigning world champion Marco Simoncelli leading the time sheets despite a crash during the session, with a quick time of 1:45.049. He was followed by Spanish rider Hector Barbera and last year’s 125cc world champion Mike Di Megilo, with Ratthapark Wilariot and Alvaro Bautista rounding out the top five.





RESULTS
1. Marco Simoncelli (Gilera) 1:45.001
2. Hector Barbera (Aprilia) 1:45.049
3. Mike Di Megilo (Aprilia) 1:45.211
4. Ratthapark Wilairot (Aprilia) 1:45.373
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia) 1:45.386
6. Hector Faubel (Aprilia) 1:45.558
7. Hiroshi Aoyama (Aprilia) 1:45.712
8. Mattia Pasini (Aprilia) 1:45.841
9. Alex Debon (Aprilia) 1:45.921
10. Roberto Locatelli (Gilera) 1:45.923