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Stoner heads Phillip Island warm-up

Ducati's Casey Stoner returned to the top of the times in warm-up for today's Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island

Stoner topped the times early in the session, and apart from a brief time at the top for Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, he spent the rest of the session on top of the times as he lowered his early mark three times, eventually setting a best of 1:30.860 after the chequered flag fell.

Rossi was his closest challenger however, just under half a second slower than the Australian. Just 0.027 of a second behind Rossi was Randy de Puniet on his Kawasaki, both riders consistently setting times in the top three throughout the session.

2006 champ Nicky Hayden, Pramac D'Antin's Alex Barros, pole man Dani Pedrosa and Gresini Honda rider Marco Melandri comprised the next group of riders, less than a second off Stoner's pace and in touch with Rossi and de Puniet's efforts.

Completing the top ten were Anthony West on his Kawasaki, Ducati's Loris Capirossi and Suzuki rider John Hopkins, finding more competitive pace than in qualifying but still nearly 1.4 seconds off the fastest time of the session.

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  1:30.860
 2.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (M)  1:31.335  + 0.475
 3.  Randy de Puniet   Kawasaki  (B)  1:31.362  + 0.502
 4.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  1:31.454  + 0.594
 5.  Alex Barros       Ducati    (B)  1:31.561  + 0.701
 6.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda     (M)  1:31.609  + 0.749
 7.  Marco Melandri    Honda     (B)  1:31.703  + 0.843
 8.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  1:31.883  + 1.023
 9.  Loris Capirossi   Ducati    (B)  1:32.129  + 1.269
10.  John Hopkins      Suzuki    (B)  1:32.234  + 1.374
11.  Carlos Checa      Honda     (M)  1:32.259  + 1.399
12.  Sylvain Guintoli  Yamaha    (D)  1:32.380  + 1.520
13.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  1:32.573  + 1.713
14.  Toni Elias        Honda     (B)  1:32.707  + 1.847
15.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  1:32.843  + 1.983
16.  Chaz Davies       Ducati    (B)  1:32.895  + 2.035
17.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (M)  1:33.799  + 2.939
18.  Makoto Tamada     Yamaha    (D)  1:34.062  + 3.202
19.  Kurtis Roberts    KR212V    (M)  1:34.819  + 3.959

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