Dani Pedrosa has continued with his recent great form since his return from injury, with a performance that has him topping the opening free practice session at the Motorland circuit with a best lap of 1’50.281.
In second place behind the Spain rider is fellow Spaniard Yamaha Factory’s Jorge Lorenzo who had topped the session with a 1’50.730 with just five minutes to go until before the Repsol Honda rider grabbed the top spot in the final minutes.
Last year’s race winner Casey Stoner had initially set the pace during a session played out under bright sun and climbing temperatures to end the session in third behind the Spanish pair.
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San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Marco Simoncelli proved to be fourth fastest following the Championship leader with a time difference of just 0.087s seperating the two, while fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) took the fifth spot. FemaleFirst.co.uk
Randy de Puniet put in several rapid laps on the Pramac Ducati and was as high as third for a while before jumping back up to sixth having been shuffled down the order.
The works Ducatis were seventh and eighth. Nicky Hayden was 0.2s quicker than Valentino Rossi, who tried a revised version of the GP11 with a partially aluminium frame in the second half of the session. His best time - 1.395s down on Pedrosa - came on the latest specification bike.
Ben Spies was back in 11th on the second works Yamaha, behind Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) and Hiroshi Aoyama (Gresini Honda), but had been in the top three before all the last-minute quick laps. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'50.281 2 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'50.730 3 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'50.806 4 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'50.893 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'51.091 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'51.376 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'51.418 8 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'51.676 9 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'51.826 10 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'51.859 11 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'51.911 12 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'52.016 13 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'52.224 14 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'52.580 15 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'53.158 16 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'53.440 17 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1'53.842
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