Factory Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo has topped the Catalunya MotoGP test timesheets today, lapping in 1'41.908 but he was pushed hard by Nicky Hayden who was less than a tenth slower than the Spaniard.
And it was good news for Suzuki who gave their GSV-R1000 its first public airing as Randy De Puniet was only three-quarters of a second off the pace, going round in 1'42.676 and lapping quicker than Andrea Iannone and Bradley Smith.
Lorenzo was slower than his pole time from Saturday at the Spanish track was Hayden and pretty much everyone else. It is not clear yet what new parts were being evaluated but that will unravel this evening.
Suzuki bosses have said they will not enter MotoGP until 2015. This is to further develop the bike but may also be to take advantage of changes to incentives Dorna are reported to be bringing in over the next two years.
MotoGP Catalunya test times:
1 LORENZO, Jorge Yamaha Factory Racing Team 1:41.904 45 / 54 1:53.362
2 HAYDEN, Nicky Ducati Team 1:41.955 0.051 0.051 71 / 73 4:27.603
3 BRADL, Stefan LCR Honda MotoGP 1:42.227 0.323 0.272 25 / 31 2:01.512
4 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 1:42.417 0.513 0.190 23 / 56 1:48.568
5 CRUTCHLOW, Cal Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:42.462 0.558 0.045 4 / 57 2:25.044
6 ROSSI, Valentino Yamaha Factory Racing Team 1:42.513 0.609 0.051 28 / 57 1:53.059
7 ESPARGARO, Aleix Power Electronics Aspar 1:42.537 0.633 0.024 57 / 63 2:30.581
8 DE PUNIET, Randy Suzuki Test Team 1:42.676 0.772 0.139 64 / 73 1:47.707
9 IANNONE, Andrea Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team 1:42.697 0.793 0.021 64 / 65 2:19.934
10 SMITH, Bradley Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:43.180 1.276 0.483 14 / 25 1:54.015
11 PIRRO, Michele Ignite Pramac Racing 1:43.784 1.880 0.604 69 / 70 1:56.017
12 BARBERA, Hector Avintia Blusens 1:43.899 1.995 0.115 54 / 54 2:06.481
13 EDWARDS, Colin NGM Mobile Forward Racing 1:44.183 2.279 0.284 29 / 38 2:00.637
14 ABRAHAM, Karel Cardion AB Motoracing 1:44.458 2.554 0.275 56 / 61 2:33.175
15 PETRUCCI, Danilo Came IodaRacing Project 1:44.477 2.573 0.019 35 / 49 2:06.580
16 LAVERTY, Michael Paul Bird Motorsport 1:44.547 2.643 0.070 52 / 53 2:00.014
17 CORTI, Claudio NGM Mobile Forward Racing 1:44.794 2.890 0.247 48 / 56 2:31.590
18 HERNANDEZ, Yonny Paul Bird Motorsport 1:45.078 3.174 0.284 26 / 36 1:51.065
19 PESEK, Lukas Came IodaRacing Project 1:47.379 5.475 2.301 22 / 52 2:01.546










