Marco Simoncelli lead the 1st Estoril grand prix free practice 1'38.032. Simoncelli best lap was faster than Honda's Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa on 2nd and 3rd. Jorge Lorenzo the last year winner on 4th, Valentino Rossi on 5th. Simoncelli took his best lap on 20th lap. His time wasn't break Lorenzo's fastest lap on 2008 1'35.715.
Valentino Rossi seems to have returned to the top row rider. After good result on disaster race at Jerez, Valentino Rossi just started Estoril with good result. Alvaro Bautista back from injury with 3 seconds away from Simoncelli.
Here's the full result of 1st Estoril free practice
1 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'38.032
2 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'38.241
3 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'38.259
4 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'38.413
5 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'38.569
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'38.781
7 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'38.862
8 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'38.895
9 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'39.042
10 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'39.779
11 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1'39.848
12 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'39.856
13 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'40.129
14 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'40.199
15 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'40.407
16 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'40.469
17 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'41.034
