Pedrosa fastest in Jerez practice 3

The Repsol Honda rider set his best lap of 1:40.337 in the first fifteen minutes of the one-hour session.

Teammate Nicky Hayden looked set to make it a works Honda one-two, when he was only 0.078 seconds behind his teammate with just a few seconds of the session remaining. But Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards put in a late quick lap that was 0.013 faster than his compatriot's.

Loris Capirossi set the fourth-fastest time with his Rizla Suzuki, ahead of Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and JiR Team Scot Honda's Andrea Dovizioso.

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner was seventh-fastest with his Ducati Marlboro, followed by Valentino Rossi with his works Yamaha.

LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet led proceedings in the first few minutes of the session but did not further improve and ended up ninth, with Chris Vermeulen rounding up the top ten with his works Suzuki.

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda     (M)  1:40.337
 2.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  1:40.402 + 0.065
 3.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  1:40.415 + 0.078
 4.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    (B)  1:40.423 + 0.086
 5.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  1:40.488 + 0.151
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  1:40.617 + 0.280
 7.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  1:40.692 + 0.355
 8.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (B)  1:40.731 + 0.394
 9.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  1:40.775 + 0.438
10.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  1:40.837 + 0.500
11.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     (B)  1:40.944 + 0.607
12.  John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B)  1:41.042 + 0.705
13.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (B)  1:41.135 + 0.798
14.  Marco Melandri    Ducati    (B)  1:41.188 + 0.851
15.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  1:41.559 + 1.222
16.  Toni Elias        Ducati    (B)  1:41.975 + 1.638
17.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  1:42.422 + 2.085
18.  Sylvain Guintoli  Ducati    (B)  1:42.613 + 2.276