Stoner fastest again at Valencia

The world champion covered 55 laps with his Ducati to finish nearly four tenths of a second ahead of Honda's Nicky Hayden, again second quickest in the revised RC212V bike.

"We found something extra during these tests," said Stoner. "Straight away yesterday, second lap out, we went a lot quicker than we did in the race on Sunday and we just kept going from there.

"Today we kept getting faster and faster. We weren't really trying to do that, we had a lot of tyres and things to test, so we weren't out there trying to do lap times, but everything just seemed to come to us quite easily.

"It's been a fantastic season for us and it's really good to end this test with some positives and some more information which the Ducati technicians can take back to Bologna, knowing that we've got something more to work with and knowing the right direction in which to head."

Hayden's teammate Dani Pedrosa, winner of last Sunday's race, was fourth quickest after 88 laps of the Spanish circuit.

The Repsol Honda riders were split by Randy de Puniet, who showed he is adapting quickly to Honda machinery following his switch from Kawasaki. The Frenchman was third fastest after 83 laps.

Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen completed the top five, while new teammate Loris Capirossi finished as seventh fastest on his second day of work with the Japanese team.

Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo was again the fastest of the MotoGP newcomers, in 11th position, while Andrea Dovizioso in the new JiR Team Scot squad and Alex de Angelis in the Honda Gresini finished in 14th and 15th respectively.

Pos  Rider         Team              Time      Laps
 1.  Stoner        Ducati Marlboro   1:32.095   55
 2.  Hayden        Repsol Honda      1:32.434   92
 3.  de Puniet     Honda LCR         1:32.625   83
 4.  Pedrosa       Repsol Honda      1:32.718   88
 5.  Vermeulen     Rizla Suzuki      1:32.979   88
 6.  Hopkins       Kawasaki          1:33.058   59
 7.  Capirossi     Rizla Suzuki      1:33.163   64
 8.  Elias         Pramac d´Antin    1:33.294   74
 9.  Nakano        Honda Gresini     1:33.465   92
10.  Guintoli      Pramac d´Antin    1:33.571   80
11.  Lorenzo       Fiat Yamaha       1:33.588   69
12.  West          Kawasaki          1:33.695   99
13.  Melandri      Ducati Marlboro   1:33.835   87
14.  Dovizioso     JiR Team Scot     1:33.991   82
15.  de Angelis    Honda Gresini     1:34.060   84
16.  Aoki          Rizla Suzuki      1:35.043   61
17.  Guareschi     Ducati Marlboro   1:35.840   59