Rossi tops Catalunya warm-up

The reigning MotoGP champion traded fastest laps with Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo throughout the 20-minute session, and in the end the Italian beat the Spaniard by half a tenth thanks to a 1m42.743s lap.

Colin Edwards made it a 1-2-3 for Yamaha by setting the third quickest time with his Tech 3 satellite bike, three tenths behind Rossi.

Casey Stoner's Ducati set the fifth fastest time, squeezed between the two Hondas of Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa.

Sete Gibernau managed to clock seventh fastest with the Hernando Ducati, ahead of Loris Capirossi's Suzuki, Yuki Takahashi's Scot Honda and Randy de Puniet's LCR Honda.

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    1m42.743s
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    +  0.048s
 3.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    +  0.303s
 4.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     +  0.423s
 5.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    +  0.509s
 6.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda     +  0.542s
 7.  Sete Gibernau     Ducati    +  0.706s
 8.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    +  0.955s
 9.  Yuki Takahashi    Honda     +  1.113s
10.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     +  1.202s
11.  Marco Melandri    Kawasaki  +  1.204s
12.  Mika Kallio       Ducati    +  1.213s
13.  James Toseland    Yamaha    +  1.217s
14.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati    +  1.240s
15.  Toni Elias        Honda     +  1.429s
16.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     +  1.460s
17.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    +  1.495s
18.  Niccolo Canepa    Ducati    +  1.731s
19.  Gabor Talmacsi    Honda     +  2.631s