Edwards tops Le Mans final practice
Colin Edwards topped the times in the third and final MotoGP practice session at Le Mans ahead of this afternoon's qualifying for the French Grand Prix
The Tech 3 Yamaha rider set his fastest lap of 1:33.765 with nine minutes left in the one-hour session, after shooting to the top of the timesheets some seven minutes earlier.
Up to that point the times were led by Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa, who was fastest in yesterday's two sessions. Today the Spaniard had to be content with third best, after he was beaten by 0.115 seconds by Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, who set a time 3.5 tenths slower than Edwards.
Casey Stoner, who led at the beginning of the session and again briefly around the halfway mark, was fourth with his Ducati Marlboro, ahead of the JiR Team Scot Honda of Andra Dovizioso and the Rizla Suzuki of Chris Vermeulen.
LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet was seventh fastest, followed by Kawasaki's John Hopkins in eighth, Tech 3 Yamaha's James Toseland in ninth, and Suzuki's Loris Capirossi in tenth.
Jorge Lorenzo, who is still recovering from his injury in China, was 13th fastest with his Fiat Yamaha.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:33.765 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:34.114 + 0.349 3. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:34.229 + 0.464 4. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:34.353 + 0.588 5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:34.438 + 0.673 6. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:34.746 + 0.981 7. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:34.767 + 1.002 8. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:34.828 + 1.063 9. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:35.107 + 1.342 10. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:35.128 + 1.363 11. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:35.190 + 1.425 12. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:35.321 + 1.556 13. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:35.345 + 1.580 14. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:35.642 + 1.877 15. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:35.700 + 1.935 16. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:35.891 + 2.126 17. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:36.044 + 2.279 18. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:36.228 + 2.463
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