Alvaro was finally out on track again after his heavy crash yesterday that left his back severly bruised and sore. He took a cautious few laps in the warmup to assess his level of fitness and we will see how he can hold up for the whole race distance later today.
The warm up session started under already very grey skies and with high humidity, but stayed dry until the final two minutes when it started pouring down heavily from one second to the next. All riders except Simoncelli made it safely back into the pits on their slick tyres.
The race is scheduled to start at 2PM local time today.
Pos Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO HONDA 2’10.135
2 Dani PEDROSA HONDA 2’11.817 1.682 1.682
3 Casey STONER DUCATI 2’11.817 1.682 0.000
4 Jorge LORENZO YAMAHA 2’11.869 1.734 0.052
5 Marco MELANDRI HONDA 2’12.129 1.994 0.260
6 Mika KALLIO DUCATI 2’12.138 2.003 0.009
7 Nicky HAYDEN DUCATI 2’12.156 2.021 0.018
8 Alex DEANGELIS HONDA 2’12.829 2.694 0.673
9 Colin EDWARDS YAMAHA 2’13.053 2.918 0.224
10 Loris CAPIROSSI SUZUKI 2’13.284 3.149 0.231
11 Randy DEPUNIET HONDA 2’13.450 3.315 0.166
12 Aleix ESPARGARO DUCATI 2’13.650 3.515 0.200
13 Hector BARBERA DUCATI 2’13.686 3.551 0.036
14 Marco SIMONCELLI HONDA 2’13.765 3.630 0.079
15 Ben SPIES YAMAHA 2’13.917 3.782 0.152
16 Valentino ROSSI YAMAHA 2’16.185 6.050 2.268
17 Alvaro BAUTISTA SUZUKI 2’17.877 7.742 1.692
