February 16th, 2008 by R.J.

Today was the first day of testing at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez and Repsol Honda rider Nicky Hayden was the fastest rider with a time of 1:39.200.

Aside from Hayden, the riders finishing out the top 3 were nobody that I would expect: Randy DePuniet with a 1:39.444 and Jorge Lorenzo with a 1:39.528.

‘The Doctor’, former World Champion Valentino Rossi set his best time of the day on lap 32 of 92 with a 1:40.641, placing him in 8th place and one spot ahead of last year’s champion, Casey Stoner (1:40.651).

The MotoGP official testing continues tomorrow with a 40-minute timed session taking place at 2:05 local time.

Here are the complete results:

01 - Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda - 1:39.200
02 - Randy DePuniet - Honda LCR - 1:39.444
03 - Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha - 1:39.528
04 - Colin Edwards - Yamaha Tech 3 - 1:39.629
05 - James Toseland - Yamaha Tech3 - 1:39.678
06 - Alex DeAngelis - San Carlo Honda - 1:40.165
07 - Shinya Nakano - San Carlo Honda - 1:40.192
08 - Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha - 1:40.641
09 - Casey Stoner - Ducati Marlboro - 1:40.651
10 - Andrea Dovizioso - Jir Team Scot - 1:40.767
11 - Loris Capirossi - Rizla Suzuki - 1:40.843
12 - Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda - 1:41.352
13 - Marco Melandri - Marlboro Ducati - 1:41.392
14 - Toni Elias - Alice Team - 1:41.703
15 - Chris Vermeulen - Rizla Suzuki - 1:41.763
16 - Anthony West - Kawasaki - 1:41.821
17 - John Hopkins - Kawasaki - 1:41.901
18 - Sylvain Guintoli - Alice Team - 1:42.698