De Angelis fastest in practice before Indy GP
August 30, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—San Marino’s Alex de Angelis has knocked Spain’s DaniPedrosa out of the top spot in the final warmup for the Indianapolis MotoGP.
De Angelis posted his fast lap, 1 minute, 40.446 seconds. Pedrosa was secondon the 2.621-mile road course at 1:40.489. Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo was third inthe 20-minute practice session at 1:40.717.
Pedrosa, fastest in the first two practice sessions this weekend and againin Saturday’s qualifying, appeared headed toward another top spot Sunday. But deAngelis just beat the mark after time expired in the session.
The lineup for Sunday afternoon’s race has Pedrosa starting from the pole.Lorenzo will start second and six-time world champ Valentino Rossi, of Italy,starts third.
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