WSB: HM Plant team impress in first free practice

Crutchlow clocked a best lap of 1:59.813 just 0.4 sec behind newly crowned World Champion Troy Bayliss, with Haslam just 0.1 secs behind his Honda team-mate.

Ireland's Jonny Rea also went well at the new Portuguese circuit, clocking the fourth quickest time of the session.

First Free Practice

1 21 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'59.492
2 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.813
3 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'59.958
4 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 2'00.145
5 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 2'00.245
6 11 Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'00.313
7 9 Walker C. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.153
8 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'01.454
9 23 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 2'01.918
10 111 Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'02.057
11 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'02.119
12 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.426
13 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 2'02.846
14 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'02.998
15 34 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'03.434
16 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 2'03.827
17 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'04.066
18 194 Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'04.094
19 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'04.100
20 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 2'04.250
21 41 Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'04.353
22 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'04.766
23 88 Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 2'04.976
24 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'05.349
25 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'05.493
26 14 Carreira L. (POR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 2'05.651
27 18 Bridewell T. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 2'06.389
28 13 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'06.753
29 38 Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'06.890
30 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 2'08.508
31 73 Zaiser C. (AUT) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'08.813