As usual Casey Stoner at Valencia is devastating. The Australian got off on the right foot leading the field during this morning’s FP1 and will try to make up what happened in last year’s sighting lap and try to finish the season with the second spot in the standings.

Stoner’s best lap time was 1’32″897 that put him easily in front of Jorge Lorenzo who took second, but was more than half a second slower.

Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Simoncelli and Valentino Rossi, were third, fourth and fifth respectively and separated by one tenth of second between them. Nicky Hayden took sixth and was just 0.043s from Rossi.

In a surprising 7th spot was Hector Barbera followed by Randy de Puniet in eighth. Spies was ninth, but binned his M1 at the during the dying minutes and managed to limp away under his own power, seeming to not have avraggated his already injured left ankle, while Aleix Espargaro took tenth in what will be his last weekend in MotoGP before switching to Moto2.

MotoGP Valencia - FP1 Results

01- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1’32.897
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.558
03- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.603
04- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.734
05- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.817
06- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.860
07- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.960
08- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.002
09- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.032
10- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.132
11- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.156
12- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.226
13- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.263
14- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.609
15- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.967
16- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.007
17- Carlos Checa – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.275

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