MotoGP: Lorenzo quick, Rossi falls in warm-up

Date published : 29 Aug 2010 - 14:44:47

Jorge Lorenzo was quickest in the race morning warm-up at Indianapolis, while his Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi suffered his third crash of the weekend.Having already had accidents in Saturday practice and qualifying, Rossi once again had a low-side fall in the final minutes this morning. The incident happened at low speed and he was able to remount the bike and ride gently back to the pits.While that left Rossi sixth, Lorenzo put in a last-gasp 1m40.482s lap to knock Dani Pedrosa's Honda off the top spot by 0.226 seconds.Polesitter Ben Spies (Tech 3 Yamaha) led the way for a while and was third, ahead of Casey Stoner's Ducati and Andrea Dovizioso's Honda. Nicky Hayden, who will start alongside Spies and Lorenzo on the front row, took the second Ducati to seventh.Pos Rider Team Time Gap 1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m40.482s 2. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m40.708s + 0.226s 3. Ben Spies Tech 3 Yamaha 1m40.711s + 0.229s 4. Casey Stoner Ducati 1m40.804s + 0.322s 5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m40.883s + 0.401s 6. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m40.901s + 0.419s 7. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m41.012s + 0.530s 8. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 1m41.261s + 0.779s 9. Marco Melandri Gresini Honda 1m41.303s + 0.821s10. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m41.545s + 1.063s11. Mika Kallio Pramac Ducati 1m41.635s + 1.153s12. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m41.670s + 1.188s13. Aleix Espargaro Pramac Ducati 1m41.766s + 1.284s14. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m41.820s + 1.338s15. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda 1m41.973s + 1.491s16. Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda 1m42.016s + 1.534s17. Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1m42.509s + 2.027s