Vermeulen tops Misano warm-up
Chris Vermeulen finished at the top of the timesheets in this morning's warm-up at Misano, ahead of this afternoon's San Marino MotoGP
The Australian Rizla Suzuki rider set a best lap 1:34.880, 11 thousandths of a second faster than Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.
Third fastest was Frenchman Randy de Puniet, who with his Kawasaki stopped the clock with a time 0.124 seconds slower than Vermeulen.
John Hopkins, on the other works Suzuki, was fourth fastest, ahead of pole-position man Casey Stoner on Marlboro Ducati, and second-placed on the grid Valentino Rossi on Fiat Yamaha.
Reigning world champion Nicky Hayden was seventh with his Repsol Honda, followed by Honda LCR's Carlos Checa, Kawasaki's Anthony West, and Honda Gresini's Marco Melandri rounding up the top ten.
Stoner and Rossi's teammates Loris Capirossi and Colin Edwards ended the session in 11th and 12th place respectively.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:34.880 2. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:34.891 + 0.011 3. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki (B) 1:35.004 + 0.124 4. John Hopkins Suzuki (B) 1:35.034 + 0.154 5. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:35.041 + 0.161 6. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (M) 1:35.377 + 0.497 7. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:35.428 + 0.548 8. Carlos Checa Honda (M) 1:35.603 + 0.723 9. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:35.635 + 0.755 10. Marco Melandri Honda (B) 1:35.945 + 1.065 11. Loris Capirossi Ducati (B) 1:35.949 + 1.069 12. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:36.011 + 1.131 13. Alex Barros Ducati (B) 1:36.031 + 1.151 14. Toni Elias Honda (B) 1:36.307 + 1.427 15. Alex Hofmann Ducati (D) 1:36.357 + 1.477 16. Shinya Nakano Honda (M) 1:36.414 + 1.534 17. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha (D) 1:36.662 + 1.782 18. Makoto Tamada Yamaha (D) 1:37.099 + 2.219 19. Kurtis Roberts KR (M) 1:37.560 + 2.680
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