Casey Stoner was quickest again in final practice at Catalunya, completing his clean sweep of all three sessions so far this weekend.
The Honda rider’s 1m42.691s on only his fourth lap of the morning was good enough to keep him in front until the end.
But Yamaha showed better form than on Friday, with Jorge Lorenzo taking second and closing to within 0.122 seconds of Stoner on his last run.
Marco Simoncelli remained among the front group in third on the Gresini Honda, ahead of the second Yamaha of Ben Spies and Stoner’s team-mate Andrea Dovizioso. Racer
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MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in First Practice at Catalunya
MotoGP: Catalunya Grand Prix - First Practice Results
MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in Second Practice at Catalunya
MotoGP: Catalunya Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
Marlboro Ducati’s Valentino Rossi had a spill going into turn five, losing the front but he walked away from the incident and was back out on is second bike moments later. He set a 1’44.364 early in the session but couldn’t improve on his eighth place.
Team-mate Nicky Hayden is sixth on a 143.669, good considering his race number, while Monster Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow is one place behind him on a 1’43.883 and is a little over a second off the pace. Loris Capirossi got off the floor from a crash in the same place as his compatriot to go ninth while Alvaro Bautista is tenth on the Rizla Suzuki. BSN
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