Dani Pedrosa’s dominating MotoGP win at Indianapolis has carried over to the first free practice at Misano Adriatico where the Respol Honda topped the timesheets with a best lap of 1′34.772 and the only rider under 1.35″ and that left his team mate Andrea Dovizioso who pipped Jorge Lorenzo in the final minutes to take second and Dovizioso was 0.616s slower than his team mate.

While the Repsol Honda team took the first two positions, the Fiat Yamaha duo Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi were third and fourth with Rossi less than a tenth from a frustrated Lorenzo and Rossi was the last rider within a second from Pedrosa.

The Yamaha Tech3 duo Colin Edwards and Ben Spies (who won WSBK race 1 at Misano last year) took the fifth and sixth spots and they were followed by the Marlboro Ducati duo Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner, in seventh and eighth respectively.

Marco Melandri finished in ninth while Loris Capirossi rounded out the top ten.

MotoGP Misano Free Practice Results:

01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1′34.772
02- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.612
03- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.672
04- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.767
05- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.062
06- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.120
07- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.256
08- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.300
09- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.354
10- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.505
11- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.521
12- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.682
13- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.761
14- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.944
15- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.229
16- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.925
17- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 3.128

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