Pedrosa fastest in dry warm-up
Dani Pedrosa continued his record of setting the fastest time in every dry session held at Mugello this weekend as he topped the race day morning warm-up
In overcast conditions with only a few damp patches remaining off the racing line, Pedrosa lapped in 1:50.581 in the final few minutes to depose previous pacesetter John Hopkins by just under half a second.
Gresini Honda's Marco Melandri was third, followed by the Pramac D'Antin Ducati of Alex Barros, and Toni Elias on the second Gresini bike.
Polesitter Casey Stoner was seventh quickest, behind Randy de Puniet, with Valentino Rossi eighth and front row starter Chris Vermeulen 11th.
Warm-up times:
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1:50.581 2. John Hopkins Suzuki 1:51.001 + 0.420 3. Marco Melandri Honda 1:51.226 + 0.645 4. Alex Barros Ducati 1:51.232 + 0.651 5. Toni Elias Honda 1:51.285 + 0.704 6. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 1:51.331 + 0.750 7. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:51.376 + 0.795 8. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:51.595 + 1.014 9. Loris Capirossi Ducati 1:51.653 + 1.072 10. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1:51.775 + 1.194 11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1:51.795 + 1.214 12. Nicky Hayden Honda 1:51.834 + 1.253 13. Alex Hofmann Ducati 1:51.933 + 1.352 14. Makoto Tamada Yamaha 1:52.089 + 1.508 15. Shinya Nakano Honda 1:52.134 + 1.553 16. Carlos Checa Honda 1:52.196 + 1.615 17. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 1:52.363 + 1.782 18. Kenny Roberts Jr KR 1:53.803 + 3.222 19. Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 1:54.189 + 3.608 20. Kurtis Roberts KR 1:57.299 + 6.718
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