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Casey Stoner continued his impressive recent form to lead the time sheets in both rounds of free practice ahead of Sunday’s Catalunya Grand Prix.
The Italian Marco Simoncelli put recent controversy behind him to register the next best time of 1:43.468 ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Lorenzo.
Dovizioso snatched third place off Lorenzo in the last second of the session with a time of 1:43.603.
The reigning world champion was 0.870 slower, with his Yamaha team-mate Ben Spies just behind him in fifth place.
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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
There was bad news for Spies’s fellow American Colin Edwards, though, as he suffered a broken right collarbone after crashing out late in the day. The 37-year-old had done enough to secure the sixth-best time before his fall. The Guardian
seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi was next best on the Ducati and Great Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished seventh on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
Japanese rider Hiroshi Aoyama was eighth fastest on the San Carlo Honda Gresini, with Ducati’s Nicky Hayden and Spanish Rizla Suzuki rider Alvaro Bautista rounding out the top 10. Sportal.com.au
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'42.940 2 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'43.468 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'43.603 4 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'43.810 5 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'44.859 6 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'44.944 7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'45.136 8 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'45.666 9 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'45.715 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'45.751 11 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'45.760 12 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'46.126 13 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'46.280 14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1'46.366 15 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'46.501 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'51.512
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