Guintoli tops practice 3 at Valencia
Sylvain Guintoli topped the times in the last MotoGP practice session at Valencia with his Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3
The Frenchman set his fastest lap right at the end of the one-hour session, and with a time of 1:32.670 he was almost half a second faster than Casey Stoner.
Ducati's new world champion was second with a time of 1:33.132, just over a tenth of a second faster than Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.
Just three thousandths of a second further back was Alex Barros with his Pramac d'Antin Ducati, with fifth fastest Marco Melandri with his Honda Gresini only a single thousandth slower than the Brazilian.
Loris Capirossi was sixth with the other works Ducati, with Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet seventh and Suzuki's John Hopkins eighth.
Hopkins's teammate Chris Vermeulen in tenth separated the two Fiat Yamahas of Colin Edwards in ninth and Valentino Rossi in 11th, over nine tenths behind Guintoli.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha (D) 1:32.670 2. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:33.132 + 0.462 3. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:33.236 + 0.566 4. Alex Barros Ducati (B) 1:33.239 + 0.569 5. Marco Melandri Honda (B) 1:33.240 + 0.570 6. Loris Capirossi Ducati (B) 1:33.407 + 0.737 7. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki (B) 1:33.487 + 0.817 8. John Hopkins Suzuki (B) 1:33.505 + 0.835 9. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:33.518 + 0.848 10. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:33.569 + 0.899 11. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (M) 1:33.580 + 0.910 12. Toni Elias Honda (B) 1:33.757 + 1.087 13. Makoto Tamada Yamaha (D) 1:33.988 + 1.318 14. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:34.006 + 1.336 15. Shinya Nakano Honda (M) 1:34.258 + 1.588 16. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:34.327 + 1.657 17. Kurtis Roberts KR (M) 1:34.487 + 1.817 18. Chaz Davies Ducati (B) 1:34.960 + 2.290
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