Casey Stoner’s last minute fast lap in Saturday morning’s free practice put him on top of the pack, over half a second ahead of Pedrosa with de Puniet going third fastest on the second day of action at the Gran Premio Gernerali de la Comunitat Valenciana.
With sunshine and a significantly less slippery track than the wet outings on Friday, the MotoGP field set out to take advantage of the good conditions with Repsol Honda’s Stoner moving to the top of the field with a fast lap of 1’32.619 set on his 14th of 18 laps.
The Australian’s time was nearly half a second quicker than that of team mate Dani Pedrosa, who placed second with a best lap of 1’33.282.
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Randy de Puniet (Pramace Racing) had another strong showing after ranking 7th in the combined times on Friday, taking the third spot in the session. mpotogp.com
Ben Spies was fifth for Yamaha, with the Ducatis of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden sixth and eighth, split by Friday afternoon pacesetter Alvaro Bautista’s Suzuki.
Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) and Hiroshi Aoyama (Gresini Honda) completed the top 10.
Debutant Josh Hayes fell back to the tail of the field as he got his first taste of the Tech 3 Yamaha in the dry, but was within a tenth of Yamaha factory rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga and less than 0.4s behind LCR Honda’s Toni Elias. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'32.619 2 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'33.282 3 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'33.743 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'33.929 5 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'33.977 6 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'34.268 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'34.309 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'34.462 9 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'34.676 10 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'34.809 11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1'35.037 12 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'35.118 13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'35.326 14 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'35.899 15 89 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha Factory Racing 1'36.193 16 41 Josh HAYES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'36.256
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