Dain Pedrosa quickest at Indianapolis Grand Prix
SPAIN'S Dani Pedrosa has clocked the fastest practice lap at the Indianapolis Grand Prix with Aussie Casey Stoner lagging in fifth place.
SPAIN'S Dani Pedrosa has clocked the fastest practice lap at the Indianapolis Grand Prix with Aussie Casey Stoner lagging in fifth place.
The 2010 MotoGP race winner completed the 16-turn, 4.2km road course in one minute and 39.783 seconds.
American Ben Spies, the 2010 pole-winner and race runner-up, was second at 1:40.078.
Stoner, whose build-up to this weekend's race has involved a war of words with seven-time world champion
Valentino Rossi, was fifth fastest in practice.
World championship leader Jorge Lorenzo came in third fastest.
Qualifying is scheduled for today. The race will be held on Sunday.
Rossi's season-long struggles continued on Friday, finishing 10th on the speed charts with a time of 1:41.529.
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