Home hero Ben Spies goes fastest in warm-up for Indianapolis Grand Prix
Ben Spies delighted his home crowd by setting the fastest time in warm-up for the Indianapolis Grand Prix
The Yamaha rider knocked Casey Stoner's Honda off the top spot with three minutes to go and then improved his own time by just over a tenth of a second to end the session with a best lap of 1m39.621s.
Championship leader Stoner, who will start the race from pole position, was knocked back to third by his team-mate Dani Pedrosa by the end, the Spaniard just 0.102s slower than Spies.
World champion Jorge Lorenzo was fourth quickest on his Yamaha with Nicky Hayden an encouraging fifth on his Ducati.
Marco Simoncelli was sixth fastest on his Gresini Honda - one place ahead of Andrea Dovizioso's works bike. Colin Edwards leapt up to eighth at the end on his Tech 3 Yamaha with the top 10 rounded out by Hector Barbera's Aspar Ducati and the works machine of Valentino Rossi.
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap 1. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m39.621s 2. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m39.723s + 0.102s 3. Casey Stoner Honda 1m39.784s + 0.163s 4. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m39.788s + 0.167s 5. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m39.988s + 0.367s 6. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m40.234s + 0.613s 7. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m40.291s + 0.670s 8. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m40.494s + 0.873s 9. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 1m40.610s + 0.989s 10. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m40.879s + 1.258s 11. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m41.008s + 1.387s 12. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m41.161s + 1.540s 13. Karel Abraham Cardion AB Ducati 1m41.222s + 1.601s 14. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m41.333s + 1.712s 15. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m41.482s + 1.861s 16. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 1m41.660s + 2.039s 17. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m41.993s + 2.372s
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