Casey Stoner was quickest yet again in final practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, though Marco Simoncelli pushed him hard this time.
Gresini Honda rider Simoncelli even edged ahead of Stoner (Honda) for a while in the closing minutes - having finally managed to match the Australian’s peerless pace in the final sector.
But Stoner was able to produce a two minute and 3.487 second lap with a few minutes to go to get back on top by 0.233 seconds over Simoncelli.
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MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in Final Practice at Silverstone
Three Yamahas completed the top five, with Ben Spies getting ahead of factory team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for third with his last lap. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Britain’s Cal Crutchlow is continuing his wet-weather form in the dry, placing fifth and only two tenths slower than his factory counterpart while the second Repsol Honda of Andrea Dovizioso bumped the leading Ducati of Nicky Hayden into seventh place. The American is 1.7s off the pace but quarter of a second ahead of eighth-placed Alvaro Bautista.
Hiro Aoyama’s Gresini Honda is ninth and hero Edwards is an amazing tenth, two seconds off the pace with six fully-fit riders behind him. BSN
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 2'03.487 2 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'03.720 3 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 2'03.942 4 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 2'04.099 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'04.314 6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 2'04.372 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 2'05.250 8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'05.496 9 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'05.570 10 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'05.589 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 2'05.780 12 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 2'05.872 13 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 2'05.980 14 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 2'06.436 15 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 2'06.727 16 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 2'07.375
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