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Saturday practice times - Valencia MotoGP.

Sat, 07 Nov 10:50:12 2009

Full Saturday free practice times from the Valencia MotoGP, the 17th and final round of the 2009 world championship.

2009 World Superbike champion Ben Spies is making his Yamaha MotoGP debut as a wild-card this weekend, while Aleix Espargaro is again replacing the injured Niccolo Canepa at Pramac Ducati.

Spies moved from 15th on Friday to 12th this morning and ahead of fellow Yamaha rider James Toseland, whom he will replace at Tech 3 in 2010. Spies had been 2.239sec from Stoner on Friday, but was only 1.377sec behind on Saturday morning.

Spies was also the fastest Yamaha rider in a straight line this morning, clocking 312.0km/h to once again hold seventh overall on the top speed charts. The other Yamaha riders were eighth (Lorenzo, 311.6km/h), twelfth (Rossi, 310.4km/h, 16th (Edwards, 309.1km/h) and 18th (Toseland, 306.7km/h)...

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1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 32.819 sec

2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 32.987 sec

3. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 1min 33.065 sec

4. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1min 33.354 sec

5. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 33.664 sec

6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1min 33.717 sec

7. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1min 33.784 sec

8. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 1min 33.857 sec

9. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 1min 34.004 sec

10. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1min 34.089 sec

11. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1min 34.111 sec

12. Ben Spies USA Sterilgarda Yamaha Team 1min 34.196 sec

13. Marco Melandri ITA Hayate Racing Team 1min 34.210 sec

14. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 34.407 sec

15. Aleix Espargaro SPA Pramac Racing 1min 34.626 sec

16. James Toseland GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1min 34.673 sec

17. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 34.693 sec

18. Gabor Talmacsi HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP 1min 34.871 sec

Fastest Friday time:

Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro 1min 32.813sec

2008 Valencian Grand Prix - 26/10/2008:

Pole position:

Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 1min 31.502sec

Fastest race laps by manufacturer:

Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 1min 32.582sec

Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (B) 1min 32.796sec

Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (B) 1min 33.075sec

Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki (B) 1min 33.626sec

John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing (B) 1min 34.035sec

 

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