Pedrosa quickest, Stoner third

Casey Stoner … “we need to urge before we can contend if we’re rival or not”.
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Ben Margot / AP

Dani Pedrosa set a gait on a opening day of use for a US MotoGP during Laguna Seca, clocking a lap-record 1min 21.088sec to tip a timesheets from Jorge Lorenzo and Repsol Honda teammate Casey Stoner.

Ben Spies was fourth-fastest on his Yamaha, carrying formerly announced that he will leave a MotoGP organisation during season’s end, while Monster Yamaha Tech 3 riders Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow were fifth- and sixth-quickest respectively.

Ducati Team supplement Nicky Hayden, LCR Honda MotoGP supplement Stefan Bradl, Ducati’s Valentino Rossi and San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista finished a tip 10.

“We did a good pursuit today,” Pedrosa said.

“We managed to get a good path time in a morning and softened it in a afternoon, nonetheless a hold turn was really bad and we struggled a bit with a rear.

“The tyres were operative a tiny softened in a afternoon, though it was tough to work on a coherence due to a miss of grip.

“I wish to be means to work on a gait tomorrow to ready a race.

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“The new bike is operative good here, we will continue operative on a set adult tomorrow.”

Stoner concluded with his teammate’s avowal that Repsol “struggled a tiny this morning with fortitude on a soothing tyre”.

“We softened it somewhat this afternoon on a tough tyre, though found a bike to be utterly assertive and there wasn’t most grip.

“We have a few things to try tomorrow morning; if we can make some tiny improvements afterwards we’ll be really happy with a bike. As it is now, we need to urge before we can contend if we’re rival or not.”

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/LKEMSFYqNZu/Pedrosa+quickest+Stoner+third

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