Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo has set the fastest time during the MotoGP tests at Brno today, lapping half a second faster than team-mate Valentino Rossi who was, in turn, a tenth quicker than Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.
In mixed conditions, the Spaniard tested a new clutch, different engine maps and some chassis parts while Rossi tried out a prototype chassis and a new engine specification. Lorenzo lapped at 1'56.171 while Rossi's quickest was a 1'56.622.
“Today was a profitable day and we worked on a lot of different things, especially electronics. I felt comfortable and I could ride in the 56.1’s, which was good after yesterday," said Lorenzo.
"In the last hour I worked on my starts because this is something I need to improve. After lunch it began to rain and so I didn’t go back on track until 1630, but I hope that everything we’ve done today will help us in Indianapolis. I’m not thinking about the championship now because it’s very difficult unless something strange happens, but I want to try to be back at the front and I’m looking forward to the next race.”
Rossi said: "“It’s always hard to go back to work after a great win like yesterday but it was an important chance to try some things for the future. Before lunch we did a run with the new chassis, it has some good points and some bad ones and we were able to collect some data.
"Unfortunately it rained in the lunch break and so we couldn’t ride for a lot of the afternoon because of the wet rack, but it dried enough for us to do some more work at the end. This time we could really concentrate on doing a proper job testing the chassis and the new engine specification, and I was quite fast. Now we have a short break and then it’s on to Indianapolis.”
Brno test official times - conditions dry
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1’56.171 (52 laps)
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1’56.622 (38)
Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1’56.747 (53)
Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) 1’57.543 (43)
Andrea Dovizioso (Honda)1’57.764 (53)
Toni Elias (Honda) 1’57.841(39)
Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1’57.891 (61)
Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1’57.928 (64)
Marco Melandri (Kawasaki) 1’58.045 (56)
Mika Kallio (Ducati) 1’58.051 (65)
Nico Canepa (Ducati) 1’58.120 (69)
Gabor Talmacsi (Honda)1’59.120 (58)
Mattia Pasini (Ducati) 1’59.614 (66)
