Stoner fastest in warm-up as well
Casey Stoner carried on with his dominance of the German MotoGP weekend by topping this morning's warm-up at the Sachsenring
The championship leader has now been fastest in every session held so far this weekend.
On what promises to be a very hot day, the Marlboro Ducati rider beat the two Fiat Yamahas of rivals Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards by 11 and 87 thousandths of a second respectively.
Stoner's teammate Loris Capirossi continued his respectable weekend by setting the fourth fastest time, one tenth behind the Australian.
Marco Melandri was fifth fastest with his Honda Gresini, ahead of Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden and the Kawasaki of Randy de Puniet.
John Hopkins set the eighth fastest time with his Rizla Suzuki, followed by Hayden's teammate Dani Pedrosa in ninth and the other Kawasaki of Anthony West rounding up the top ten.
Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen, who ultimately ended up 13th, fell off his bike with six minutes to go on the penultimate corner of the track, most likely on the infamous bump most riders have been complaining about.
Pos Rideer Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:22.862 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:22.873 + 0.011 3. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1:22.949 + 0.087 4. Loris Capirossi Ducati 1:22.963 + 0.101 5. Marco Melandri Honda 1:23.028 + 0.166 6. Nicky Hayden Honda 1:23.213 + 0.351 7. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 1:23.238 + 0.376 8. John Hopkins Suzuki 1:23.256 + 0.394 9. Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1:23.454 + 0.592 10. Anthony West Kawasaki 1:23.565 + 0.703 11. Alex Hofmann Ducati 1:23.592 + 0.730 12. Carlos Checa Honda 1:23.613 + 0.751 13. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1:23.799 + 0.937 14. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 1:23.827 + 0.965 15. Shinya Nakano Honda 1:23.997 + 1.135 16. Michel Fabrizio Honda 1:24.124 + 1.262 17. Makoto Tamada Yamaha 1:24.163 + 1.301 18. Kurtis Roberts KR 1:25.792 + 2.930 19. Alex Barros Ducati 1:27.387 + 4.525
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