Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Rossi tops Misano warm-up

Yamaha's Valentino Rossi has claimed top spot in this morning's warm-up at Misano, with the Italian crowd favourite making it a flawless San Marino event so far

The reigning champion, who has also led every other session of the weekend, was the only rider to lap under the 1m35s mark in the 20-minute session, thanks to a final lap of 1m34.894s.

That late effort pushed Dani Pedrosa down to second, after the Honda rider had just shot to the top with a 1m35.222s lap that looked able to ruin Rossi's stranglehold on the event.

Pedrosa's team-mate Andrea Dovizioso set the third quickest time, almost six tenths behind Rossi, while Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards ended up fourth fastest and Ducati's Nicky Hayden fifth.

Jorge Lorenzo, who will start the race third, never looked in contention in this morning's session and could do no better than sixth fastest, 0.745s behind team-mate Rossi.

Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) and Toni Elias (Gresini Honda), who both led the times in the early stages, set the seventh and eighth time respectively, followed by Mika Kallio (Ducati) and Marco Melandri (Hayate Kawasaki) completing the top ten.

Pos  Rider             Team             Time               Laps
 1.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha           1m34.894s           12
 2.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda            1m35.222s + 0.328s  12
 3.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda            1m35.487s + 0.593s  12
 4.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha    1m35.580s + 0.686s  10
 5.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati           1m35.608s + 0.714s  12
 6.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha           1m35.639s + 0.745s  12
 7.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda        1m35.913s + 1.019s  12
 8.  Toni Elias        Gresini Honda    1m36.115s + 1.221s  13
 9.  Mika Kallio       Ducati           1m36.328s + 1.434s  10
10.  Marco Melandri    Hayate Kawasaki  1m36.510s + 1.616s  12
11.  Alex de Angelis   Gresini Honda    1m36.608s + 1.714s  11
12.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki           1m36.611s + 1.717s  12
13.  Niccolo Canepa    Pramac Ducati    1m36.796s + 1.902s  12
14.  James Toseland    Tech 3 Yamaha    1m36.840s + 1.946s  12
15.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki           1m36.858s + 1.964s   9
16.  Aleix Espargaro   Pramac Ducati    1m37.304s + 2.410s  10
17.  Gabor Talmacsi    Scot Honda       1m37.371s + 2.477s  12

Be part of the Autosport community

Join the conversation
Previous article Dovizioso fears compromised race
Next article Pedrosa, Dovizioso confirmed at Honda

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe