Lorenzo leads 250s

Jorge Lorenzo topped the timesheets for the first 250cc practice of the weekend in Turkey.

The Fortuna Aprilia rider, championship leader and winner of the first two races, set a time of 1:59.483 at 0.064sec ahead of Scot Racing Team’s Andrea Dovizioso.

Irish rider, Eugene Laverty, finished the session this morning (Friday) in 20th place with a time of 2:04.765

First practice results:

1 Jorge LORENZO Fortuna Aprilia APRILIA 1’59.483
2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Scot Racing Team HONDA 1’59.547
3 Alvaro BAUTISTA Master – Mapfre Aspar APRILIA 2’00.163
4 Alex DE ANGELIS Master – Mapfre Aspar APRILIA 2’00.549
5 Thomas LUTHI Emmi – Caffe Latte Aprilia APRILIA 2’00.919
6 Julian SIMON Repsol Honda 250cc HONDA 2’01.003
7 Shuhei AOYAMA Repsol Honda 250cc HONDA 2’01.294
8 Marco SIMONCELLI Metis Gilera GILERA 2’01.589
9 Yuki TAKAHASHI Scot Racing Team HONDA 2’01.666
10 Mika KALLIO Red Bull KTM 250 KTM 2’01.766
11 Aleix ESPARGARO Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 2’01.920
12 Hiroshi AOYAMA Red Bull KTM 250 KTM 2’02.006
13 Anthony WEST Team Sicilia APRILIA 2’02.048
14 Hector BARBERA Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 2’02.399
15 Alex BALDOLINI Kiefer – Bos – Sotin Racing APRILIA 2’02.466
16 Fabrizio LAI Campetella Racing APRILIA 2’02.611
17 Imre TOTH Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 2’02.943
18 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing APRILIA 2’04.316
19 Ratthapark WILAIROT Thai Honda PTT-SAG HONDA 2’04.466
20 Eugene LAVERTY Honda LCR HONDA 2’04.765
21 Dirk HEIDOLF Kiefer – Bos – Sotin Racing APRILIA 2’05.101
22 Jules CLUZEL Angaia Racing APRILIA 2’05.187
23 Arturo TIZON Blusens Aprilia Germany APRILIA 2’05.480
24 Taro SEKIGUCHI Campetella Racing APRILIA 2’05.779