Interesting. We'll see what the 2012 brings...
2012 MotoGP Jerez Day 3 Test Results:
1. Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) 1'38.780
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory) 1'38.953
3. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) 1'39.157
4. Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory) 1'39.495
5. Cal Crutchlow (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1'39.585
6. Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) 1'39.733
7. Andrea Dovizioso (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1'39.860
8. Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) 1'39.919
9. Alvaro Bautista (Gresini Honda) 1'40.017
10. Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) 1'40.098
Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) 1'39.733: “Today went much better than Friday, and I’m pleased… we’re pleased. Unfortunately, we made some mistakes at Sepang 2 chasing a bad setup, and we paid for that a bit on Friday because we started from that base. Then Saturday’s rain cost us an entire day, but today we finally worked well all day long. Step by step, we arrived at our current potential: I’m sixth, and I did a 1:39.7, which is a good time considering that we’ve only really ridden this bike for six or seven days. We changed the setup, first the rear and then the front, and now I enter the corners pretty well again. I’m able to lean and I can ‘risk’ a bit more. Although we know very well that we still have a long road ahead, if we look at the gap to the front we can say we’re ready for the first race.”
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/839/12...ay-3-2012.aspx