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| | | MotoGP Phillip Island Day 1: Stoner in conquered field |  Written: 12/10/2007 : 09:58. Read 3583 times (3/day). | As you can imagine, Casey Stoner took the lead of the time sheet since the first practice session on friday morning. If we look a the combined lap times of both sessions, The Aussie is ahead Marco Melandri and Dani Pedrosa.
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First day not so good for the weather. Cold, windy, and some rain falls... fortunately the sun was back as soon as MotoGP sessions begun, to provide riders a dry track.
Just titeled, and most of all at home, Casey Stoner is not pressure free. In fact the Ducati rider fell down this afternoon at the Honda Hairpin.
A turn that also saw the fall of Chaz Davies before and where Alex Barros went wide. Some ooil on the track was suspected.
Second of this time sheet, Marco Melandri was able to take this position to Dani Pedrosa during the last minutes of the second session; when Stoner enteribng pits, on his feet...
The lap of Melandri was 269 thousands of second slower than the best time of Stoner in FP2, but Casey made his best lap during FP1, he was also the only rider to not improve his lap time during the second session.
Valentino Rossi is the second Michelin rider of the time sheet, in fourth, behind Dani Pedrosa.
Fitfth of this session, Randy De Puniet was also the biggest challenger of Stoner, as the french rider was second this morning. The Kawasaki rider is ahead Alex Barros and Carlos Checa.
Loris Capirossi is eighth and the top 10 is ended by Nicky Hayden and Anthony West.
MotoGP Free Practices (Combined)
1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 31.132 secs *
2. Marco Melandri ITA Honda Gresini (B) 1min 31.555 secs
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 31.802 secs
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 31.934 secs
5. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 31.996 secs
6. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1min 32.164 secs
7. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 1min 32.182 secs
8. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 32.203 secs
9. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 32.316 secs
10. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 32.459 secs
11. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 33.274 secs
12. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 1min 33.838 secs
13. Chaz Davies GBR Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1min 33.910 secs
14. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 33.945 secs
15. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 33.965 secs
16. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 33.991 secs
17. Toni Elias SPA Honda Gresini (B) 1min 34.204 secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 35.177 secs
19. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 1min 36.121 secs
* Set during FP1.
Article : Aurélien Filippi
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