Fog over Estoril during warm up on Sunday morning

Sunday, 4 October 2009

The MotoGP riders went round in cold and foggy conditions at Estoril early on Sunday, with Casey Stoner showing his determination on his comeback with the fastest lap of the 20 minute session.

In cold temperatures and with the lap times notably slower than what would be expected in warmer conditions the MotoGP riders flexed their muscles and made their final tweaks for today’s racing in the 20 minute Sunday morning outing in Portugal – with comeback kid Casey Stoner emerging on top.

The premier class ‘big four’ again ended up at the top of the pile and on this occasion it was Ducati Marlboro man Stoner who lapped fastest with a 1’37.334 time, ahead of second best Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda). Fiat Yamaha pair Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo were third and fourth respectively.

Mika Kallio, Nicky Hayden, Randy de Puniet, Chris Vermeulen, Toni Elías and Loris Capirossi also featured in the top ten.