The 2011 MotoGP season just finished sunday but the circut is ready yet to launch itself into the 2012 season. Today the Valencia circuit was the theater of the first testing session with the configurations for the next championship. The new Yamaha, Ducati and Honda prototypes catched the attenction on the track and you can see the new Ducati GP12 which Filippo Preziosi called “zero”, becouse it's the first step to the final version. The perimetric alluminium and carbon fiber chassis has been abandoned.
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden drove the two official Ducati and the american scored the second best time in 1'34”900, just one tenth behind Ben Spies. Karel Abraham and Hector Barberà (now with Pramac) on the track too, also with Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso with his new Yamaha. Honda riders still did not complete any lap.
Update lap times at 12.40
1 Casey Stoner Honda 1:32.876 -
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1:32.939 +0.063
3 Ben Spies Yamaha 1:33.492 +0.616
4 Valentino Rossi Ducati 1:33.857 +0.981
5 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 1:34.754 1.878
6 Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 1:34.790 1.914
7 Karel Abraham Ducati 1:34.840 1.964
8 Hector Barbera Ducati 1:35.052 2.176
9 Stefan Bradl Honda 1:35.952 3.076
10 Akiyosshi Kosuki Honda 1:37.475 4.599
11 Ivan Silva Inmotec 1:38.074 5.198
12 Carmelo Morales Suter 1:39.100 6.224
13 Gianluca Nannelli Gapam BMW 1:42.970 10.094
14 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1:51.702 18.826
