Submitted by David Emmett on
Times at 11am:
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 1:56.260 | ||
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1:56.955 | 0.695 | 0.695 |
| 3 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 1:57.184 | 0.924 | 0.229 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1:57.795 | 1.535 | 0.611 |
| 5 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 1:57.955 | 1.695 | 0.160 |
| 6 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | 1:58.266 | 2.006 | 0.311 |
| 7 | Ben Spies | Yam 1000 | 1:58.476 | 2.216 | 0.210 |
| 8 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 1:58.542 | 2.282 | 0.066 |
| 9 | Toni Elias | Honda | 1:58.575 | 2.315 | 0.033 |
| 10 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 1:58.927 | 2.667 | 0.352 |
| 11 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 1:59.534 | 3.274 | 0.607 |
| 12 | Mika Kallio* | Suter/BMW | 2:01.709 | 5.449 | 2.175 |
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times v machine
not at all surprised jorge is faster on the 800. the man was wired for corner speed.
times ...
It will be very interesting to see what happens this afternoon as the track warms up. At the moment Jorge is still slower than his QP time from Saturday. I believe the Yamaha boys are testing new engines, so there will be a direct comparison for us enthusiasts to dribble over.
Really it has been a very newsworthy season already - the best in years IMO.
Which Machine
The previous update said Jorge was riding the 800 and there is no mention of him switching bikes yet so I think these are probably still 800 times. He has a new engine to test and is by all accounts more interested in improving this year's bike so I wouldn't expect to see 1000 times from him till after he's done all the 800 testing he needs this afternoon.
Commendable
1.56.260: that is already faster by a decent margin than Dani's pole position on Saturday (1.56.591). Any idea what tyres are being used? I am comfortable guessing that it will not be being ridden in fuel consumption mode.......
Interesting point about fuel
Interesting point about fuel consumption. I wonder if the last two Stoner upsets have come because he was using race fuel settings all weekend, while others were surprised by them in the race... ?