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Dovizioso quickest in warm-up

Motegi polesitter Andrea Dovizioso started his Japanese Grand Prix race day in encouraging style by topping the morning warm-up

Ducati's Casey Stoner had been quickest for most of the session, but the Australian was usurped by Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and then Dovizioso's Honda in the final minutes - with just 0.001 seconds separating Dovizioso and Lorenzo.

Behind Stoner, Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards was fourth, in front of Valentino Rossi on the second works bike, although Edwards' team-mate Ben Spies was a surprisingly lowly 15th.

Marco Simoncelli completed the top six for Gresini Honda, followed by LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet, the Suzukis of Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista, and Marco Melandri on the other Gresini entry.

Pos  Rider             Team               Time       Gap
 1.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda              1m47.775s
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha             1m47.776s  + 0.001s
 3.  Casey Stoner      Ducati             1m48.007s  + 0.232s
 4.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha      1m48.384s  + 0.609s
 5.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha             1m48.440s  + 0.665s
 6.  Marco Simoncelli  Gresini Honda      1m48.478s  + 0.703s
 7.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda          1m48.792s  + 1.017s
 8.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki             1m48.804s  + 1.029s
 9.  Alvaro Bautista   Suzuki             1m48.906s  + 1.131s
10.  Marco Melandri    Gresini Honda      1m49.009s  + 1.234s
11.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati             1m49.110s  + 1.335s
12.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Interwetten Honda  1m49.156s  + 1.381s
13.  Hector Barbera    Aspar Ducati       1m49.229s  + 1.454s
14.  Aleix Espargaro   Pramac Ducati      1m49.317s  + 1.542s
15.  Ben Spies         Tech 3 Yamaha      1m49.400s  + 1.625s
16.  Mika Kallio       Pramac Ducati      1m49.628s  + 1.853s

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