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Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) continued his domination of the field at a track where he won last year, setting the fastest lap of the session with a time of 1’47.289, three tenths quicker than his team mate Andrea Dovizioso.
Despite an early run off, Nicky Hayden stepped into the top three with a time of 1’47.732 at a track he finished 12th at last year.
Fourth in the field was another Repsol Honda rider, Dani Pedrosa, whose time was just over a half second off the leading time posted by Stoner, while fifth was occupied by Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo with a time of 1’47.912. motogp
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Simoncelli fell to sixth in the end after crashing late on. He was unhurt in the relatively gentle low-side.
Colin Edwards took seventh for Tech 3 Yamaha, with works Yamaha rider Ben Spies eighth, Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) ninth, and Valentino Rossi squeezing his Ducati into the top 10 with his last lap.
At the back, Kousuke Akiyoshi was the quickest of the trio of one-off riders on the LCR Honda, as he, Shinichi Ito (Honda) and Damian Cudlin (Pramac Ducati) found their feet. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'47.289 2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'47.566 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'47.732 4 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'47.836 5 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'47.912 6 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'47.942 7 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'48.169 8 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'48.197 9 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'48.406 10 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'48.667 11 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'48.776 12 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'48.880 13 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'48.892 14 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'49.385 15 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'49.415 16 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'49.813 17 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI LCR Honda MotoGP 1'50.688 18 72 Shinichi ITO Honda Racing Team 1'51.461 19 6 Damian CUDLIN Pramac Racing Team 1'53.218
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