MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo Fastest in First Practice at Catalunya

World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo has continued on his torrid run with the fastest time in Friday qualifying for Sunday’s Catalunya Grand Prix north of Barcelona.

On a day when temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees, and track temperatures soared, the Fiat Yamaha-riding Majorcan was at his best. He went to the top of the order in the fifth and in the ninth minutes, before settling in with a fast lap on the 14th. About five minutes later, Ducati Marlboro’s Casey Stoner was almost suddenly on top.

Just past the halfway mark in the 60-minute session, Lorenzo went to the top with a lap of 1:43.405. He lowered it on to each of his next two laps, finishing with a best of 1:43.259 with over 24 minutes remaining.

Stoner upped his pace with about 13 minutes to run, turning a pair of fast laps, the second of which came within .153 of a second of Lorenzo, but no closer.

Casey Stoner is a professional motorcycle racer. Born and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career. After first competing internationally in the 2002, he won the title of the 2007 MotoGP World Champion when he succeeded American Nicky Hayden.

In 2008, Stoner was named Young Australian of the Year as well as Nickelodeon´s Australian Kids Choice Awards.

Casey Stoner

Nationality	Australian
Date of birth	16 October 1985 (1985-10-16)
Place of birth	Queensland, Australia
Website	caseystoner.com.au
Current team	Ducati Marlboro
Bike #	27
Championships	1 (2007)
Race starts	132
Wins	27
Podium finishes	55
Pole positions	23
Fastest laps	22
Points	1633
2009 position	4th (220 pts)

Jenson Button : We hope to give British fans reason to cheer

Although he finished behind his team mate - and standings leader - Lewis Hamilton, McLaren’s Jenson Button was pleased to convert his seventh-place grid and slot into a third-place finish in Valencia last weekend, especially as it was his third successive podium. At the forthcoming British Grand Prix he’ll race for the first time on his home soil as world champion and, as he explained to his official website, he can’t wait…

Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE (born 19 January 1980) is a British Formula One driver currently signed with McLaren Mercedes, and is the reigning Formula One World Drivers' Champion.

His first drove in Formula One was on 2000 season, with the Williams team, switching in 2001 to Benetton, which in 2002 became Renault F1. After two years with the Enstone-based squad, he moved to the BAR in 2003. They were subsequently renamed Honda for the 2006 season, during which Button won his first Grand Prix in the Hungary, on 6 August 2006, after 113 races.

Jenson Alexander Lyons Button

Current team	Mercedes McLaren
Car	1
Races	181 (179 starts)
Championships	1 (2009)
Wins	9
Podiums	29
Career points	448
Pole positions	7
Fastest laps	3
First race	2000 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last win	2010 Chinese Grand Prix
Last race	2010 European Grand Prix
2009 position	1st (95 pts)

Pedrosa Second In Assen Race And Championship

Dani Pedrosa recorded the fastest lap of the race and route to a superb second place to race winner Jorge Lorenzo to reclaim second in the MotoGP World Championship in front of the sun-drenched crowd of over 97,000 at the 80th Dutch TT.

Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985 in Sabadell, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa is 1.58m (5 ft 2in) tall and weighs 51 kg (112.4 lbs).

Daniel Pedrosa Ramal

Nationality	Spanish
Date of birth	29 September 1985
Place of birth	Sabadell, Spain
Website	danipedrosa.com
Current team	Repsol Honda
Bike number	26
Championships	3 (125cc: 2003) (250cc: 2004, 2005)
Race starts	153
Wins	32
Podium finishes	82
Pole positions	33
Fastest laps	37
Points	2225
2009 championship position	3rd (234 pts)