Lorenzo dominates Brno first practice
Jorge Lorenzo set the pace in first practice for the Czech MotoGP at Brno as the session was dominated by the factory Yamaha squad
The Spaniard, who crashed out the British Grand Prix at Donington last month, resisted session-long pressure from his championship-leading team-mate Valentino Rossi to go quickest of all with a 1m56.595s lap, following a consistently rapid sequence of laps.
Rossi, who was quickest early-on until Lorenzo unleashed that volley of laps, could only manage second fastest with a 1m56.994s best on his final lap of the session.
HRC Honda rider Dani Pedrosa was third fastest after a late dash that put him 0.7secs slower than Rossi.
Colin Edwards stayed in touch for Tech 3 Yamaha in fourth, though he was more than 1.1s away from Lorenzo's ultimate pace.
Donington winner Andrew Dovizioso improved to fifth fastest in the final minutes of the session ahead of another late flier Toni Elias, on the factory-spec Gresini Honda.
Mika Kallio was an impressive seventh fastest on the factory Ducati in his first stand-in session for the absent Casey Stoner. The Finn was more than half a second quicker than his team-mate Nicky Hayden who was 12th quickest.
Alex de Angelis was eighth fastest despite crashing his Gresini Honda on the last lap of the session.
Suzuki's Loris Capirossi and Hayate Kawasaki's Marco Melandri completed the top ten.
Pos Rider Bike Time Gap 1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m56.595s 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m56.994s +0.399s 3. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m57.584s +0.989s 4. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m57.741s +1.146s 5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m58.172s +1.577s 6. Toni Elias Gresini Honda 1m58.295s +1.700s 7. Mika Kallio Ducati 1m58.302s +1.707s 8. Alex de Angelis Gresini Honda 1m58.497s +1.902s 9. Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1m58.582s +1.987s 10. Marco Melandri Hayate Kawasaki 1m58.739s +2.144s 11. James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha 1m58.764s +2.169s 12. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m58.821s +2.226s 13. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1m59.041s +2.446s 14. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda 1m59.055s +2.460s 15. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Ducati 1m59.531s +2.936s 16. Gabor Talmácsi Scot Honda 1m59.979s +3.384s 17. Michel Fabrizio Pramac Ducati 2m00.423s +3.828s
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