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The Spanish riders have started very strong in free practice that took place today at the Estoril Circuit on the occasion of the Portuguese Grand Prix. In the MotoGP category, the astronaut (or ASIMO as they have commented out there) Jorge Lorenzo He has made an iron mark on his teammate Valentino Rossi and in the middle of the round he has put himself first to later reduce his time leaving it at 1'37.185.
Dani Pedrosa set the second best time, although at the end of the session he had a small exit from the track, remaining at 0.359s. Valentino rossi He was third, just under half a second behind Jorge, while Casey Stoner set the fourth fastest time on his return to the slopes, just over seven tenths behind the fastest time. Colin Edwards, Andrea Dovizioso and Randy De Puniet complete the top seven while Toni Elías was fifteenth.
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The recent winner of the San Marino Grand Prix, Hector Barberá, has signed the first place in the free practice with a best time of 140.777. The session has been dominated at will by the Spanish rider. Alex Debón was second to more than half a second while Mike de Meglio got third. Karel Abraham took advantage of Marco Simoncelli's wheel to take fourth place, followed by the Italian champion and Álvaro Bautista. The category leader, Hiroshi aoyama, has not been able to pass the tenth place.
Mattia pasini He has not gone out on the track due to the financial problems that his team is going through. He immediately announced that he had reached an agreement with the Team Emmi-Caffe Latte team and tomorrow he will take part in training sessions with his new team.
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Julito Simon, in his first opportunity to win the World Championship, he was the fastest with a time of 1'45.880. If this were a tennis match, Simon would be playing the last game and placing 15 to nothing. Andrea Iannone, who visited Alex Pol Espargaró before the practice session, set the second fastest time ahead of Sergio Gadea and Marc Márquez. Simone Corsi, Nico Terol, Sandro Cortese and Joan Olivé have been placed next.
Alex Espargaró and Bradely Smith have gone down in the final minutes. The Spanish has not been able to go beyond the fourteenth position while the British has had to visit the Mobile Clinic where they have diagnosed a contusion on his foot.
