Australian Casey Stoner set the fastest pace in final practice despite a heavy fall at the Italian Grand Prix here.
The 2007 world champion set a time of 1min 49.323sec on his Ducati to edge out championship leader Jorge Lorenzo by just 27 thousandths of a second.
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The Spaniard’s Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi was third just under two tenths back from Stoner. Yahoo! Eurosports
He is joint second with Stoner in the championship, just one point behind Lorenzo and hoping to bounce back from his poor showing in France last time out when he finished last.
“This is a great track for me and it doesn’t matter if Mugello comes after a bad race or a good one, it’s something apart from the ‘normal’ championship and I always feel great motivation,” he said earlier. AFP
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Stoner’s best time was well inside his own circuit record of 1’50.003 and was fractionally better than the best Saturday morning time of his closest rival, Jorge Lorenzo, who trailed the Australian by just 0.027s. Ducati star Stoner suffered a crash towards the end of the session but was not hurt and soon re-emerged on track for a final pair of laps.
Behind the front three in this session were an improved Toni Elías (San Carlo Honda Gresini) and the experienced Italian Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki), who both lapped under seven tenths down on Stoner. MotoGP
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