Casey Stoner was quickest again in Friday afternoon practice for the Catalunya MotoGP weekend, coming out on top during a late rush on a drying track.
Gresini Honda’s Marco Simoncelli was his main rival, and got close to briefly heading Stoner on one run before a mistake in the final part of the lap. He ended up half a second adrift in second.
Andrea Dovizioso completed a one-two-three for the factory-spec Hondas, ahead of the two works Yamahas, with Lorenzo a second clear of team-mate Ben Spies.
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MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fastest in First Practice at Catalunya
MotoGP: Catalunya Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Valentino Rossi was top Ducati rider in sixth, followed by Tech 3 Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Colin Edwards landed the sixth spot with his time battling with Bautista earlier in the wet session, but later crashed and sustained a broken right collarbone.
Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) was again the quickest Ducati, finishing once again in eighth with a time just under 1s slower than his FP1 time. Teammate Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) finished 0.045s behind the American. Both Ducati´s were behind the fastest lap set by Stoner by 1.904s and 2.392s respectively.
Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) again finished in tenth place, though he was unable to better his previous time, landing a 1’45.666, just under three tenths of a second under his FP1 time.
Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing), who had seen his name at the top of the timing during the mid session rain, finished thirteenth with a time of 1’46.126. motogp.com
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