2013 Barcelona Post-Race Test Times, 2pm: Bradl Leads, As Suzuki Makes Debut

Submitted by David Emmett on Mon, 2013-06-17 12:00

The Montmelo circuit just outside of Barcelona is a hive of activity, as all but the Repsol and Gresini Honda teams take to the track. As of 2pm, Stefan Bradl was the fastest man on track, just a fraction quicker than Nicky Hayden and late arrival Jorge Lorenzo, while Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi are all within three tenths of Bradl's time.

Much of the interest was around the Suzuki garage, where Randy de Puniet made his debut on the bike, after it had been given a shakedown by Nobu Aoki. So far, and some 15 laps in, De Puniet has lapped at 1:44.089, which is some 1.8 seconds off the time of Bradl. In comparison, De Puniet did a 1'43.186 during qualifying on the Aprilia ART machine he has been riding so far this year.

While Jorge Lorenzo was a late arrival, choosing to get some rest in the morning after a hard race yesterday, Bradley Smith left the track early. The Tech 3 man is scheduled to have surgery tonight to repair his little finger, and fix the scaphoid in his left wrist, damage from his crash at Mugello.

Times as of 2pm

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Diff Previous
1	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:42.227
2	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	1:42.266	0.039	0.039
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	1:42.300	0.073	0.034
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:42.417	0.190	0.117
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:42.462	0.235	0.045
6	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:42.513	0.286	0.051
7	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	1:43.073	0.846	0.560
8	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia ART	1:43.109	0.882	0.036
9	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	1:43.180	0.953	0.071
10	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1:43.955	1.728	0.775
11	8	Hector Barbera	FTR Kawasaki	1:44.050	1.823	0.095
12	14	Randy de Puniet	Suzuki	1:44.089	1.862	0.039
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Suter BMW	1:44.477	2.250	0.388
14	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia ART	1:44.581	2.354	0.104
15	71	Claudio Corti	FTR Kawasaki	1:44.996	2.769	0.415
16	5	Colin Edwards	FTR Kawasaki	1:45.155	2.928	0.159
17	70	Michael Laverty	PBM	1:45.249	3.022	0.094
18	68	Yonny Hernandez	Aprilia ART	1:45.622	3.395	0.373
19	52	Lukas Pesek	Suter BMW	1:47.379	5.152	1.757