Free practice times (combined) - Estoril.

Glad to see the Americans up there today.

Only 1 Bridgestone rider in the top 5! Guess that was to be expected at a track they supposedly don't work at. If only Casey could hold on to his bike it might be 2. Doubt it though.

hmm... comparing FP1 n FP2 the most consistent Rider = Rossi.

Looks like in the dry running it is more michelin territory... then again it was the Vale show there last year on michelins... Rossi top bridgestone, looks good for him so far although I wouldn't write off ducati and stoner just yet...

good race in prospect... i think so!

My priests have been called by the Red team to help find the inner truth and the key to making it be stable into corners. The other man, from the Vatican, was not helping. We have made some nice sand mandalas and the young Australian is now meditating quietly in our tent. These newcomers have surprised him a little.

Thought JL would have been tops in the dry.
They say this track has the slowest average speed of all the circuits.
11 riders within a second of each other, should be a good race.

hope it s a dry race

funny how the ducati is slower when there is alot of turns and no striaghts.......
hmmm to much traction control maybe??? just isnt as fast in the corners here...

Alex de Angeles was also consistent. Consistent from the back of the pack

please let it be a dry race. nice to see stoners elecetronics are not working!!!

look at the beginning of this year GP, it's going to be real competive. But The tire thing is wack now, because if you look it's the same people besides the 2 young guns. Maybe a little here and there, but it's the rider having a desent competive bike! And who can actually race it. look who changed bikes/tires and where they are at, still mid field and not at the top. who ever wins the Championship this years has less than 6 wins! Go Rossi!!!!! Good Lorenzo, Hayden, Edwards and Toseland.

Can anybody explain whats wrong with Stoner, I know he said front end but it wasn't a problem earlier in the day. He was fastest by a country mile in the morning and yet this afternoon he is nowhere and according to him doesn't know why??

a second flukey

I hope these close lap times continue through Qualifing and the Race!

SoCal

Hope JT finds some speed and learns the track quickly.

alice team = slow team

rbr46

Your right, but Rossi's electronics seem to be working.

The top ten are still quite close.

I am really surprised how little topspeed difference there is. If Stoner can't have the "straight line" advantage he'll have to start fighting harder than last year already; well there is still China next... I still hope he can get his bike set-up properly for qualifying so he can be competitive.

As usual the difference between a "lawnmower" and a factory Honda is getting clearer with the passing of the season. At least Yamaha and Ducati are fair companies that provide their satelite teams with competitive material quickly.

HRC is, as usual, too self-centered to create a fair level of competion. Typical Honda