Pedrosa tops final Mugello practice
Repsol Honda's Daniel Pedrosa set the fastest time in the third and final free practice session ahead of the Italian Motorcycling Grand Prix at Mugello
With a time of 1:49.975, the Spaniard was the only rider breaking the one minute 50 seconds barrier.
After yesterday's wet practice running, today's session started out dry but more rain came briefly around the 15-minutes mark. However, the track was able to dry out and the fastest times were set at the end of the session.
Reigning champion Casey Stoner was second fastest with his Ducati Marlboro, 0.389 seconds behind Pedrosa and 0.163 ahead of Rizla Suzuki's Loris Capirossi.
Honda Gresini's Alex de Angelis was fourth fastest, followed by Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards and Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi.
The Italian, who on Sunday will try to win for the seventh consecutive time at Mugello in front of his home crowd, ended up over nine tenths slower than Pedrosa.
Shinya Nakano was seventh fastest with his Honda Gresini, Alice Team Ducati's Sylvain Guintoli was eighth, Kawasaki's John Hopkins ninth, and Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden tenth.
Pos Rider Bike Time Laps 1. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:49.975 21 2. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:50.364 + 0.389 18 3. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:50.527 + 0.552 20 4. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:50.616 + 0.641 19 5. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:50.750 + 0.775 19 6. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:50.892 + 0.917 20 7. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:51.053 + 1.078 19 8. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:51.086 + 1.111 17 9. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:51.272 + 1.297 16 10. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:51.296 + 1.321 20 11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:51.436 + 1.461 18 12. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:51.699 + 1.724 18 13. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:51.760 + 1.785 18 14. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:51.940 + 1.965 20 15. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:51.969 + 1.994 16 16. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:51.995 + 2.020 18 17. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:52.419 + 2.444 16 18. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:52.967 + 2.992 17 19. Tadayuki Okada Honda (M) 2:00.201 +10.226 3
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