Edwards tops Le Mans warm-up
Colin Edwards was quickest in this morning's warm-up at Le Mans, ahead of today's French MotoGP
The Tech 2 Yamaha rider, who will start the race from the second slot on the grid, put in a late lap of 1:34.143 to beat Ducati Marlboro's Casey Stoner - third on the grid - by 0.013 seconds.
Valentino Rossi ended the session third fastest with his Fiat Yamaha, three tenths behind ex-teammate Edwards.
Repsol Honda pole position-setter Dani Pedrosa set the fourth fastest time, 0.359 seconds slower than Edwards, followed by Chris Vermeulen with his Rizla Suzuki and Andrea Dovizioso's JiR Team Scot Honda.
Kawasaki's John Hopkins was seventh fastest, followed by the works Honda of Nicky Hayden and the San Carlo Honda Gresinis of Alex de Angelis and Shinya Nakano.
Jorge Lorenzo, still recovering from an injury during the Chinese GP weekend, was 11th fastest.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:34.143 2. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:34.156 + 0.013 3. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:34.458 + 0.315 4. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:34.502 + 0.359 5. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:34.754 + 0.611 6. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:34.765 + 0.622 7. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:34.977 + 0.834 8. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:34.982 + 0.839 9. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:35.025 + 0.882 10. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:35.102 + 0.959 11. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:35.150 + 1.007 12. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:35.163 + 1.020 13. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:35.196 + 1.053 14. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:35.344 + 1.201 15. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:35.401 + 1.258 16. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:35.776 + 1.633 17. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:35.909 + 1.766 18. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:35.987 + 1.844
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