Dutch MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo still the man to beat as 250s head out at Assen

Current MotoGP 250 championship leader Jorge Lorenzo has gone fastest once again this morning in the first practice for the 250s in Assen. 

The Spaniard managed a best time of 1:40.979 on his Aprilia, which was almost two seconds faster than Alvaro Bautista’s 1:41.132 in second.

Ireland’s Eugene Laverty finished the session in 19th place with a best time of 1:44.813.

MotoGP free practice 250 results:

1 Jorge LORENZO SPA APRILIA 1’40.979
2 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA APRILIA 1’41.132
3 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM APRILIA 1’41.542
4 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA GILERA 1’41.966
5 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN KTM 1’42.079
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA HONDA 1’42.125
7 Thomas LUTHI SWI APRILIA 1’42.476
8 Julian SIMON SPA HONDA 1’42.956
9 Hector BARBERA SPA APRILIA 1’43.042
10 Fabrizio LAI ITA APRILIA 1’43.181
11 Mika KALLIO FIN KTM 1’43.303
12 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN HONDA 1’44.132
13 Shuhei AOYAMA JPN HONDA 1’44.189
14 Roberto LOCATELLI ITA GILERA 1’44.235
15 Taro SEKIGUCHI JPN APRILIA 1’44.467
16 Karel ABRAHAM CZE APRILIA 1’44.577
17 Imre TOTH HUN APRILIA 1’44.639
18 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA APRILIA 1’44.708
19 Eugene LAVERTY IRL HONDA 1’44.813
20 Alex BALDOLINI ITA APRILIA 1’44.879
21 Dan LINFOOT GBR APRILIA 1’44.983
22 Hans SMEES NED APRILIA 1’45.135
23 Dirk HEIDOLF GER APRILIA 1’45.183
24 Jules CLUZEL FRA APRILIA 1’45.942
25 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA APRILIA 1’45.997
26 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA HONDA 1’46.426
27 Randy GEVERS NED APRILIA 1’46.566
28 Ronald BEITLER NED HONDA 1’47.592
29 Mike VELTHUIJZEN NED HONDA 1’48.642