Dani Pedrosa, with a new 2 year contract in his pocket, took a dominating lead in this morning’s 45 minute free practice at the Motorland Aragon circuit, already setting an impressive pace on the new track and stopping the clock at 1′50.506, finishing a big 0.411sec clear of the field and was the only rider to break the 1.51 mark, hitting a stop speed of over 320 km/h.

The GP riders are now running a new schedule with a Friday morning session and a second free practice session later in the afternoon with all sessions reduced from one hour to 45 minutes.

Nicky Hayden took the second spot from Jorge Lorenzo with a closing minute lunge that propelled him ahead of the Fiat Yamaha rider by just 0.011s.

Fourth went to Casey Stoner followed by Marco Simoncelli on the Gresini Honda who was 0.001s faster than Valentino Rossi’s sixth place. The reigning World Champion floundered in the back of the field for most the session and managed to jump forward in the final minutes, but was a massive 1.263s from Pedrosa’s best lap.

Hector Barbera in seventh finished ahead of Andrea Dovizioso, who still waiting to find were he’s heading next season. The Texas duo Colin Edwards and Ben Spies closed out the top ten.

Aleix Espargaro was the only rider to crash during the session. The Spaniard suffered a highside in the first three minutes of the session at turn two, probably due to cold tires and fortunately was uninjured.

Riza Suzuiki’s Loris Capirossi is still recovering from surgery on his finger will be skipping this round.

MotoGP Aragon - Free Practice 1 Results:

01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1′50.506
02- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.411
03- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.422
04- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.689
05- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.262
06- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1.263
07- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.286
08- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.339
09- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.521
10- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.635
11- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.815
12- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.834
13- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.246
14- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 2.316
15- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.684
16- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 3.006

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