Pedrosa tops wet third practice

The third MotoGP free practice session for this weekend's Dutch TT at Assen was run on a wet track with the order changing throughout before Dani Pedrosa went quickest with his last lap

The times tumbled in the last 10 minutes of the session as a dry line began to emerge on the circuit, although Pedrosa's best effort was still three seconds off the pace set by Casey Stoner in the dry yesterday.

Randy De Puniet was second fastest, having sat at the top of the timesheet for the first half of the session when the circuit was at its wettest, with Pedrosa's teammate Nicky Hayden completing and all-Honda top three.

James Toseland, Casey Stoner and Alex De Angelis completed the top six, with championship leader Valentino Rossi seventh.

Rossi's Fiat Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards filled the last three places when none of the trio set competitive lap times on the drying circuit at the end of the session.

Pos Rider             Team                      Time              Laps
 1. Dani Pedrosa      Repsol Honda Team         1:39.050           18
 2. Randy De Puniet   LCR Honda MotoGP          1:39.858 + 0.808   14
 3. Nicky Hayden      Repsol Honda Team         1:40.094 + 1.044   18
 4. James Toseland    Tech 3 Yamaha             1:40.331 + 1.281   18
 5. Casey Stoner      Ducati Marlboro Team      1:41.088 + 2.038   10
 6. Alex De Angelis   San Carlo Honda Gresini   1:41.203 + 2.153   15
 7. Valentino Rossi   Fiat Yamaha Team          1:41.512 + 2.462   24
 8. Sylvain Guintoli  Alice Team                1:41.852 + 2.802   15
 9. Chris Vermeulen   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP       1:42.415 + 3.365   18
10. Anthony West      Kawasaki Racing Team      1:42.471 + 3.421   18
11. John Hopkins      Kawasaki Racing Team      1:42.535 + 3.485   19
12. Toni Elias        Alice Team                1:42.718 + 3.668   13
13. Marco Melandri    Ducati Marlboro Team      1:43.043 + 3.993   16
14. Shinya Nakano     San Carlo Honda Gresini   1:43.249 + 4.199   18
15. Jorge Lorenzo     Fiat Yamaha Team          1:43.635 + 4.585   12
16. Andrea Dovizioso  JiR Team Scot MotoGP      1:44.094 + 5.044   15
17. Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha             1:46.533 + 7.483   14