MotoGP: Irta Jerez Test Day 3, Stoner mocks Lorenzo

The third and final day of Irta testing in Jerez de la Frontera saw all the riders frantically on the track to make up for the time lost yesterday due to the weather. Everyone inside from early morning until a few minutes ago, when the checkered flag fell on the last test before the start of the world championship that will start on April 8th in Qatar, where the races will take place at night (the MotoGP will start at 21pm Italian time).

In the end, Casey Stoner came out on top. The reigning Honda champion, a few minutes before the end of the session, mocked Jorge Lorenzo by taking the lead with a time of 1'38"780, a time just 27 thousandths slower than his 2011 pole position. The former Ducati rider he also showed a very remarkable pace (even if the run was only 10 laps) and only Lorenzo and perhaps Pedrosa seem to be able to keep up with him, at least judging by these tests.

The Majorcan proved to be in great form and the new Yamaha YZR-M1 1000 also seems to be really competitive. The 2010 MotoGP world champion finished 173 thousandths of a second behind Stoner and ahead of his Honda compatriot Dani Pedrosa, who lapped in 213 on the Honda RC1.39,157V of Team Repsol. Pedrosa was also incisive with his pace, these first three riders seem to be the ones already in place from a first race perspective.

Fourth is Ben Spies, riding the second Yamaha Factory. The American driver lapped in 1:39.495, 715 thousandths behind Stoner. Behind him was another Yamaha, that of the British rider Cal Crutchlow who closed with a time of 1:39.585, demonstrating the excellent work done by the Tre Diapason manufacturer.

Ducati Chapter. Valentino Rossi (who completed 90 laps) is sixth, 953 thousandths behind Stoner. A step forward for the rider from Pesaro who ran on a pace between 1.40 high and 1.41 low on 14 consecutive laps. A gap that is still acceptable even if his and Ducati's objectives are very different.

Rossi preceded Andrea Dovizioso on the second Yamaha of Team Tech 3, Nicky Hayden (who finished 1.139 from the top) and Alvaro Bautista, riding the Honda RC213V of Team Gresini (who fell without physical consequences during the long run at the Dry Sack ). Closing the Top Ten is the 2011 Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl, riding the RC213V of Team LCR.

The best CTR is Randy De Puniet's ART Aprilia which lapped 1.821 from Stoner. The French rider from Power Electronics Aspar is however very close to the Ducatis of Hector Barberà and Karel Abraham. Good performance by Danilo Petrucci from Terni, 15th with the Ioda. Mattia Pasini and Michele Pirro instead classified themselves in 18th and 19th position.

Test Irta Jerez Day 3 – Sunday 25 March 2012 – the final times

Pos Rider Team Time Diff Prev Laps 1 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1:38.780 - - 61 2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1:38.953 +0.173 +0.173 84 3 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1:39.157 +0.204 +0.377 73 4 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1:39.495 +0.338 +0.715 61 5 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:39.585 +0.090 +0.805 83 6 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1:39.733 +0.148 +0.953 90 7 Andrea DOVIZIOSOMonster Yamaha Tech 3 1:39.860 +0.127 1.080 +72 8 1 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 39.919:0.059 +1.139 +91 9 1 Alvaro BAUTISTA San Carlo Honda Gresini 40.017:0.098 +1.237 +86 10 1 Stefan BRADL LCR Honda 40.098:0.081 +1.318 +85 11 1 Hector BA RBERA Pramac Racing Team 40.287:0.189 +1.507 +91 12 1 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 40.579:0.292 +1.799 +88 13 1 Randy DE PUNIET Power Electronics Aspar 40.601:0.022 +1.821 +71 14 1 Aleix ESPARGARO Power Electronics Aspar 41.645:1.044 +2.865 +69 15 1 Danilo PETRUCCI Came Iodaracing Project 41.926:0.281 +3.146 +87 16 1 Franco BATTAINI Ducati Team 42.057:0.131 +3.277 +85 17 1 Colin EDWARDS NGM Mobile Forward Racing 42.073:0.016 +3.293 +58 18 1 Mattia PAS INI Speed ​​Master 42.184: 0.111 +3.404 +59 19 1 Michele PIRRO San Carlo Honda Gresini 42.212:0.028 +3.432 +52 20 1 James ELLISON Paul Bird Motorsport 42.437:0.225 +3.657 +83 21 1 Ivan SILVA Avintia Racing MotoGP 42.446:0.009 +3.666 84 +22 1 42.906 Yonny HERNANDEZ Avintia Racing MotoGP 0.460:4.126 +59 +XNUMX XNUMX