2010 Estoril MotoGP FP3 Result - Lorenzo Leads Despite Late Crash

Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2010-10-30 09:58

Jorge Lorenzo topped the timesheets during a wet third session of free practice at Estoril, despite crashing out in the final minutes of the session. The Fiat Yamaha rider had started slowly, but was soon matching the pace of his teammate and bitter rival Valentino Rossi. The two men swapped the top spot for the latter half of the session, before Lorenzo finally emerged on top.

Rossi ended the session in 2nd, nearly six tenths down, and nearly the same amount again ahead of Repsol Honda's Andrea Dovizioso. Casey Stoner, who had led early until he too crashed midway through the session, eventually reemerged from the pits to finish in 4th, ahead of Monster Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards and San Carlo Gresini's Marco Simoncelli.

The session was marred by several nasty highsides: Both Lorenzo and Stoner crashed at the same location, towards the end of the final Parabolica corner, while Stoner's Marlboro Ducati teammate Nicky Hayden suffered an eerily similar crash at Turn 2. Lorenzo and Stoner walked away unhurt, despite being flicked viciously off the bike, while Hayden limped away a little worse for wear.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	YAMAHA	1'48.853
2	46	Valentino ROSSI	YAMAHA	1'49.435	0.582	0.582
3	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	HONDA	1'50.007	1.154	0.572
4	27	Casey STONER	DUCATI	1'50.081	1.228	0.074
5	5	Colin EDWARDS	YAMAHA	1'50.313	1.460	0.232
6	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	HONDA	1'50.500	1.647	0.187
7	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	DUCATI	1'50.787	1.934	0.287
8	26	Dani PEDROSA	HONDA	1'50.824	1.971	0.037
9	33	Marco MELANDRI	HONDA	1'51.250	2.397	0.426
10	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	SUZUKI	1'51.518	2.665	0.268
11	11	Ben SPIES	YAMAHA	1'51.916	3.063	0.398
12	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SUZUKI	1'52.734	3.881	0.818
13	69	Nicky HAYDEN	DUCATI	1'53.018	4.165	0.284
14	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	HONDA	1'53.317	4.464	0.299
15	14	Randy DE PUNIET	HONDA	1'53.537	4.684	0.220
16	71	Carlos CHECA	DUCATI	1'53.933	5.080	0.396
17	40	Hector BARBERA	DUCATI	1'54.073	5.220	0.140