Submitted by David Emmett on
Dani Pedrosa may have a problem with his shoulder over the length of a 45 minute race, but it is not impeding the Repsol Honda rider from being fast. Pedrosa scorched to a lap of 1'38.865, three tenths under the race lap record, and about the same distance ahead of his teammate Casey Stoner. Marco Simoncelli completed a Honda clean sweep of the top three, the San Carlo Gresini rider a third of a second quicker than Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo. Randy de Puniet was the best Ducati rider, with Valentino Rossi not far behind in 6th.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | HONDA | 1'38.864 | ||
| 2 | 27 | Casey STONER | HONDA | 1'39.171 | 0.307 | 0.307 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI | HONDA | 1'39.355 | 0.491 | 0.184 |
| 4 | 1 | Jorge LORENZO | YAMAHA | 1'39.682 | 0.818 | 0.327 |
| 5 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | DUCATI | 1'39.695 | 0.831 | 0.013 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | DUCATI | 1'39.822 | 0.958 | 0.127 |
| 7 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | YAMAHA | 1'40.163 | 1.299 | 0.341 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | YAMAHA | 1'40.188 | 1.324 | 0.025 |
| 9 | 11 | Ben SPIES | YAMAHA | 1'40.202 | 1.338 | 0.014 |
| 10 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | HONDA | 1'40.210 | 1.346 | 0.008 |
| 11 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | DUCATI | 1'40.335 | 1.471 | 0.125 |
| 12 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | HONDA | 1'40.477 | 1.613 | 0.142 |
| 13 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | DUCATI | 1'40.511 | 1.647 | 0.034 |
| 14 | 21 | John HOPKINS | SUZUKI | 1'40.903 | 2.039 | 0.392 |
| 15 | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI | DUCATI | 1'41.052 | 2.188 | 0.149 |
| 16 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | DUCATI | 1'41.056 | 2.192 | 0.004 |
| 17 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | HONDA | 1'41.063 | 2.199 | 0.007 |
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Suprises
A few suprises here, of course Dani at the top, but DePuniet and better yet, Crutchlow put in some good laps. Hopper made a big improvement from yesterday, but whats going on with Spies? I hope he can move up in qualifying.
If Dani can last the whole race, we could be in for some great entertainment. *Go Simoncelli!!*
dani's fast lap
I can't help but wonder if Dani didn't go out on a soft tyre - he did just 3 full laps then back into the pits. After that he set some mid to low 1;39's but nowhere near his early lap flyer, and not as fast as Stoner either for that matter. It maybe that he has learned to put a bit of pressure on his opponents this way from being put on the receiving end of it by Stoner for a few years. "I can go very fast, but maybe not for full race distance"could be the thought process. I hope the next operation resolves the shoulder issues and he can get amongst it all year.