Michele Pirro impressed during free practice at Misano on Friday with the Ducati test rider running as high as third in FP1. Pirro, having his second wildcard outing of the season on the GP15, eventually ended the day in ninth with a best lap in 1m 33.674s, which left him eight tenths down on Movistar Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo. The Italian rider was second best of the factory Ducati representatives behind Andrea Dovizioso (fourth) and Andrea Iannone (13th), who chances were thwarted after a spill in FP2. “It was a bit of a complicated day for me, because in the morning we had some new things to try and so I couldn't do many laps,” Pirro said. “Despite this we managed to do a good...
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