Cal Crutchlow flies to the top in wet warm-up at Le Mans
Published on 20 May 2012 by Toni M.
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It was truly soaking wet at Le Mans in this morning’s warm-up practice and for the MotoGP riders it was their first session at the Bugatti circuit to find a proper rain set-up and test which tires they could have to use if the weather stays the same for this afternoon’s race.
A super fast Cal Crutchlow posted the best time and this not withstanding that he binned his satellite Yamaha M1 on his first lap out at the Dunlop, but a three lap run in the low 1.46s makes him an almost sure podium contender. His 1’46″095 lap was enough to keep Casey Stoner in second and at bay by just 0.092s.
Pole sitter Dani Pedrosa was third followed by Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. The factory Ducati riders proved once again that their Desmosedici is much easier to ride in the wet, but still can’t explain why.
Jorge Lorenzo was sixth with yesterday’s impressive Andrea Dovizioso in seventh, but one second off pace. Hector Barbera, Karel Abraham on their satellite Ducati’s were 8th and 9th respectively and they were faster than Yamaha factory rider Ben Spies who closed out the top ten.
The rain could actually see some of the CRT riders enter the top ten this afternoon. Danilo Petrucci was 11th with his Ioda TR003 who placed his Superstock Aprilia RSV4 ahead of Alvaro Bautista on Gresini’s Honda and Stefan Bradl who was only 16th, but probably suffering from the after effects of his leg and hip injury picked up in yesterday’s qualifying crash.
Yonny Hernandez was another rider who crashed during the wet practice and he ended up last unable to return to track with his Kawasaki.
MotoGP Le Mans warm-up results:
01- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1’46.095
02- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.092
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.328
04- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.443
05- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.719
06- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.727
07- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.061
08- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.216
09- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.774
10- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.795
11- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 2.531
12- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 2.566
13- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 3.239
14- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 3.409
15- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 4.049
16- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 4.052
17- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 4.124
18- Chris Vermeulen – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 4.564
19- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – FTR Kawasaki – + 4.941
20- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda – + 5.517
21- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – FTR Kawasaki – + 7.783 <
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