In a warm and sunny final practice session before qualifying, Lorenzo took his Yamaha Factory Racing YZR-M1 to the top of the timings with a lap of 1’22.112, which was 0.041s faster than the time set by Dani Pedrosa on his Repsol Honda.
Marco Simoncelli appeared ready to top the timings once more, after leading the previous two free practice sessions and setting the pace in the first part of the heat, until he crashed in turn 11 with 15 minutes to go.
He rejoined the session to put down a lap time of 1’22.159, putting him in third in session.
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Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda), who finished third in the German GP last year, set his best lap of 1’22.386 to land fourth place, 0.055s ahead of team mate Andrea Dovizioso in fifth. motogp.com
Nicky Hayden’s 1’22.500 was good enough to be first Ducati in sixth place.
Alvaro Bautista parked his Rizla Suzuki in seventh, the tight nature of the circuit obviously suiting the GSV-R800, while full-of-cold Ben Spies finshed in eighth with Randy De Puniet ninth. Colin Edwards picked himself off the floor to round out the top ten.
Valentino Rossi is 1.2s off the pace in 12th, behind Abraham’s satellite Desmosedici, while Cal Crutchlow is 13th. BSN
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'22.112 2 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'22.153 3 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 1'22.159 4 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'22.386 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 1'22.441 6 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'22.500 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'22.594 8 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'22.772 9 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'22.841 10 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'23.118 11 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'23.268 12 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'23.279 13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'23.296 14 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'23.362 15 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'23.393 16 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'24.246 17 50 Sylvain GUINTOLIPramac Racing Team 1'25.975
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