Rossi also leads final Misano practice
Valentino Rossi has topped the final practice session on home turf at Misano, ahead of qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix
Italy's Rossi, who lives just seven kilometres away from the track and was also ahead yesterday, beat competition from Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo thanks to a final lap of 1m34.528s, after the Spaniard had briefly taken the lead when the time had already expired in the 60-minute session.
Lorenzo was the only other rider to break the 1m35s barrier, but his time in the end was two tenths slower than Rossi's.
Dani Pedrosa was third quickest, just one thousand of a second above the 1m35s mark, but that best time of his was set in the first half of the session, after which the Honda rider did not improve anymore.
Two more Hondas followed in the time sheets, with factory rider Andrea Dovizioso beaten to the fourth quickest time by Randy de Puniet on the LCR satellite entry.
Nicky Hayden was sixth with the Ducati, with Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards seventh and the Gresini Hondas of Alex de Angelis and Toni Elias in eighth and ninth place.
Pramac Ducati stand-in rider Aleix Espargaro ended the session in an extraordinary tenth place, in only his second ever MotoGP weekend, with Suzuki works riders Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen trailing behind.
Pos Rider Team Time Laps 1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m34.528s 30 2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m34.732s + 0.204s 32 3. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m35.001s + 0.473s 27 4. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda 1m35.289s + 0.761s 28 5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m35.340s + 0.812s 29 6. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m35.382s + 0.854s 28 7. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m35.479s + 0.951s 28 8. Alex de Angelis Gresini Honda 1m35.584s + 1.056s 28 9. Toni Elias Gresini Honda 1m35.966s + 1.438s 25 10. Aleix Espargaro Pramac Ducati 1m35.999s + 1.471s 25 11. Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1m36.002s + 1.474s 26 12. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1m36.187s + 1.659s 31 13. Mika Kallio Ducati 1m36.247s + 1.719s 28 14. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Ducati 1m36.491s + 1.963s 30 15. James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha 1m36.513s + 1.985s 26 16. Marco Melandri Hayate Kawasaki 1m36.518s + 1.990s 26 17. Gabor Talmacsi Scot Honda 1m37.794s + 3.266s 27
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