Fastest in both practices, fastest in qualifying and Jorge Lorenzo was also the fastest in this morning’s warm-up session at Assen. The Spaniard laid down a series of fast laps, five in the 1.35 mark and then four in the 1.34s and finally stopping the clock at 1′34″773.

Dani Pedrosa took second and after a difficult qualifying, he now has an excellent race pace and was just 0.151s from Lorenzo. Casey Stoner came in third, while Randy de Puniet slipped back to sixth but he’s second on this afternoon’s starting grid.

Ben Spies took fourth the same position, the same as his qualifying position and he was a little more than five tenths slower than Lorenzo and was followed by Andrea Dovizioso. Colin Edwards moved up the chart this morning to take seventh, while Aleix Espargaro came in eighth. Nicky Hayden took a big step backwards and finished in ninth. Marco Simoncelli closed out the top ten.

Honda test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi, who is replacing injured Hiroshi Aoyoma in Interwetten Racing, had a massive highside, but the older Japanese rider is made of sterner stuff, because he came out of the crash uninjured.

MotoGP Assen Warm-Up Results:

01- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1′34.773
02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.151
03- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.237
04- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.579
05- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.688
06- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 0.919
07- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.948
08- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.320
09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.412
10- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.606
11- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.743
12- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.924
13- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.387
14- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 2.565
15- Kousuke Akiyoshi – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 5.457

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