Pedrosa quickest again in Donington

The factory Honda rider, who was also the quickest man yesterday, set his best time of 1m28.787s in the final minute of the one-hour session. That left fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo behind, after the two rivals had briefly been leading the timesheets with the exact same time.

Lorenzo, who did not improve with his Yamaha in the final three minutes, had to settle for second, 0.170 seconds behind Pedrosa.

Third quickest was Casey Stoner, a further 0.139s behind, with his works Ducati never really challenging for top spot after the Australian suffered a low speed crash early in the session.

By contrast, world champion Valentino Rossi led the way for most of the first two thirds of the session, but his challenge faltered in the final 20 minutes and he had to be content with fourth best.

Colin Edwards was fifth quickest with his Tech 3 Yamaha, ahead of the Hondas of Toni Elias (with the Gresini entry) and Andrea Dovizioso (with the works bike).

Hayate Kawasaki's Marco Melandri was eighth fastest, followed by LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet and Pramac Ducati's Mika Kallio.

Pos  Rider             Bike      Time               Laps
 1.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda     1m28.787s           31
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    1m28.957s + 0.170s  33
 3.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    1m29.096s + 0.309s  20
 4.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    1m29.164s + 0.377s  30
 5.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    1m29.641s + 0.854s  27
 6.  Toni Elias        Honda     1m30.078s + 1.291s  27
 7.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     1m30.145s + 1.358s  31
 8.  Marco Melandri    Kawasaki  1m30.210s + 1.423s  30
 9.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     1m30.313s + 1.526s  29
10.  Mika Kallio       Ducati    1m30.329s + 1.542s  27
11.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     1m30.421s + 1.634s  27
12.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati    1m30.559s + 1.772s  30
13.  James Toseland    Yamaha    1m30.638s + 1.851s  28
14.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    1m30.798s + 2.011s  26
15.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    1m30.882s + 2.095s  26
16.  Gabor Talmacsi    Honda     1m31.003s + 2.216s  28
17.  Niccolo Canepa    Ducati    1m31.681s + 2.894s  32