MotoGP test times at Mugello until 3 PM

Today the MotoGP test is taking place at the Mugello circuit, attended by many of the riders from the premier class including Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovizioso, Héctor Barberá, Marco Simoncelli, Karel Abraham, Randy De Puniet, Hiroshi Aoyama and Álvaro Bautista.

Although the official MotoGP riders were not alone, as Sylvain Guintoli and Mika Kallio also took to the track; the former climbed onto the Ducati of Pramac Racing and could be the replacement for Capirossi at Sachsenring and Laguna Seca.

The latter is making the big debut of the BMW/Suter from the Marc VDS Racing team in an official test of the premier class, alongside the rest of the machines in the World Championship.

Up until 3:00 PM the fastest was Andrea Dovizioso with a lap time of 1:48.271, followed by Casey Stoner 0.126s behind and Simoncelli 0.238s back, so the Honda are dominating the first positions of the test.

Further back, Karel Abraham placed himself, followed by Dani Pedrosa, Randy De Puniet, Héctor Barberá, Hiroshi Aoyama, Álvaro Bautista, Sylvain Guintoli and Mika Kallio.

On this day neither the Yamaha men nor the official Ducati riders are present, leaving the fast Honda to shine without problems.

Although one of the moments drawing the most attention is the row between Abraham and Stoner; apparently the AB Cardion rider got onto the Australian’s rear wheel, which made Stoner quite angry, so he let him pass, later making contact with him and having a heated argument in the pit lane.

On the other hand, in the near future we will have the debut of Andrea Iannone with a MotoGP bike, specifically the Ducati of Pramac Racing at Mugello, while Kallio keeps working and trying to lower lap times with the BMW/Suter.

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