Lorenzo edges Pedrosa in warm-up

Jorge Lorenzo edged out Dani Pedrosa as the battle of the Spaniards continued in the warm-up at Jerez

Honda rider Pedrosa, who beat Lorenzo to pole yesterday, had led the way at first, but was overhauled by Lorenzo's 1m39.899s on his Yamaha halfway through.

They remained just 0.075 seconds apart - and Ducati's Nicky Hayden was only 0.001s down on Pedrosa as the American continued to shine this weekend.

Ben Spies took fourth on the Tech 3 Yamaha, with Suzuki's Loris Capirossi showing better form than he had in qualifying to go fifth quickest.

Front row starter Casey Stoner was only sixth on the second Ducati, 0.7s slower than Hayden, but he fared better than championship leader Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), who was way back in 14th.

Pos  Rider             Team               Time       Gap
 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha             1m39.899s
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda              1m39.974s  + 0.075s
 3.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati             1m39.975s  + 0.076s
 4.  Ben Spies         Tech 3 Yamaha      1m40.526s  + 0.627s
 5.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki             1m40.596s  + 0.697s
 6.  Casey Stoner      Ducati             1m40.604s  + 0.705s
 7.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha      1m40.667s  + 0.768s
 8.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Interwetten Honda  1m40.674s  + 0.775s
 9.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda              1m40.752s  + 0.853s
10.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda          1m40.857s  + 0.958s
11.  Aleix Espargaro   Pramac Ducati      1m40.859s  + 0.960s
12.  Mika Kallio       Pramac Ducati      1m40.945s  + 1.046s
13.  Marco Simoncelli  Gresini Honda      1m40.960s  + 1.061s
14.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha             1m41.061s  + 1.162s
15.  Marco Melandri    Gresini Honda      1m41.070s  + 1.171s
16.  Alvaro Bautista   Suzuki             1m41.074s  + 1.175s
17.  Hector Barbera    Aspar Ducati       1m41.288s  + 1.389s