The Fiat Yamaha rider was again fastest in practice as he broke the 1’35” barrier, just over three-tenths of a second ahead of Stoner. Pedrosa was a further 0.363s back in third spot, whilst Melandri dislocated a shoulder.
Jorge Lorenzo was once more the pacesetter in free practice at the TIM TT Assen, as he led the second session with a best time of 1’34.769.
The Fiat Yamaha rider was the first rider of the weekend to get under 1’35”, and remains so, with Ducati Team’s Casey Stoner 0.319s off the Spaniard’s time with a fastest lap of 1’35.088.
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Stoner lapped consistently in the low 1’35” region and was ahead of third placed Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) by a margin of 0.363s.
There then stood a gap of just 0.122s between fourth placed Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Aleix Espargaró (Pramac Racing) in eighth.
Pos. Num. Rider Team 1 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 2 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 3 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 4 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 5 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 8 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 11 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 12 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 13 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 14 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 16 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI Interwetten Honda MotoGP
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