An eventful first day of track action has come to a close at the Sachsenring, with local favourite Stefan Bradl topping the timesheets for LCR Honda MotoGP. Yamaha Factory Racings Jorge Lorenzo suffered another heavy accident, landing on his injured shoulder, as various crashes broke up the action throughout the day.
Bradls Friday-topping lap time came in the form of 122.030, with Lorenzo ending the day second overall from Repsol Honda Teams Dani Pedrosa and their respective teammates Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. Completing the top eight were Monster Yamaha Tech 3s Cal Crutchlow, Ducati Teams Nicky Hayden - who experienced a late crash at Turn 3 which followed a pair of earlier off-track moments - and Power Electronics Aspars Aleix Espargaro, the leading CRT runner.The most significant happening of the day came just oven ten minutes into the afternoon session. Having broken his left collarbone at Assen only 15 days earlier, Lorenzo lost control exiting Turn 10 and landed heavily on his already damaged shoulder. The session was briefly stopped as the stricken Yamaha was lying in the middle of Turn 11, while the champion was checked over.Only three and a half minutes after the restart, Crutchlow suffered his second crash of the dayand both had come at the rapid Turn 11. The Englishman was also transported to the Medical Centre, where suspected left arm injuries were attended to. In the morning, Ducati Teams Andrea Dovizioso and Energy T.I. Pramac Racings Andrea Iannone had gone down at the same corner.Cardion AB Motoracings Karel Abraham was struck down with flu and fever and for that reason did not take part in the afternoon period, whereas Hiroshi Aoyama was back in action with Avintia Blusens for the first time since his hand-injuring crash on the Saturday of the Catalan Grand Prix. In Practice 2, GO&FUN Honda Gresinis Bryan Staring added his name to the list of fallers.Free Practice 3 for the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland begins at 9:55am local time (GMT +2) on Saturday, with Qualifying to follow at 2:10pm.
