Stoner dominates wet warm-up
Former MotoGP champion Casey Stoner has dominated the warm-up at a rainy Donington Park, ahead of this afternoon British Grand Prix
The factory Ducati rider shot to the top of the timesheets with eight minutes left in the 20-minute session and further improved on the following two laps to end up with a time of 1m39.197s.
The Australian's time were constantly two seconds quicker than the rest of the field, but his rivals improved their times in the final minutes while Stoner didn't, and in the end Jorge Lorenzo emerged as best of the rest with his Yamaha, albeit almost half a second back.
Honda's Andrea Dovizioso was third quickest, ahead of a resurgent Nicky Hayden (Ducati), and LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet.
Hayate Kawasaki's Marco Melandri stopped the clock with the sixth fastest time, followed by pole position man Valentino Rossi, whose Yamaha was more than 1.2 seconds slower than Stoner.
Chris Vermeulen was eighth with his Suzuki, with Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) and Alex de Angelis (Gresini Honda) rounding up the top ten.
Pos Rider Bike Time Laps 1. Casey Stoner Ducati 1m39.197s 9 2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m39.685s + 0.488s 11 3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m39.849s + 0.652s 11 4. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m39.895s + 0.698s 12 5. Randy de Puniet Honda 1m40.214s + 1.017s 11 6. Marco Melandri Kawasaki 1m40.307s + 1.110s 11 7. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m40.474s + 1.277s 11 8. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1m40.475s + 1.278s 11 9. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1m40.918s + 1.721s 10 10. Alex de Angelis Honda 1m40.959s + 1.762s 11 11. Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1m41.110s + 1.913s 11 12. Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1m41.410s + 2.213s 11 13. Mika Kallio Ducati 1m41.719s + 2.522s 11 14. James Toseland Yamaha 1m41.750s + 2.553s 11 15. Gabor Talmacsi Honda 1m41.841s + 2.644s 11 16. Toni Elias Honda 1m41.904s + 2.707s 11 17. Niccolo Canepa Ducati 1m45.821s + 6.624s 9
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