Today’s MotoGP free practice at Assen, in almost perfect weather conditions, saw a Friday duel between Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner on who would post the fastest time.

Both riders began knocking off tenths of second in all their practice runs, however it was last week’s winner a Silverstone, Jorge Lorenzo, who on hard tires, and a fantastic four lap run came out on top with a best lap of 1′35″169 and pipping Stoner by just 0.011s.

For the moment Lorenzo and Stoner are playing another game, because Nicky Haden who took third was more than 5 tenths off the top. Colin Edwards who wants to break the jinx that’s been plaguing him this season was fourth and just 0.013s from his fellow countryman.

Repsol Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa were fifth and sixth, and as usual the Honda duo are hard to read especially in the first practice.

Aleix Espargaro had a good session finishing seventh and Ben Spies who got a third place podium last Sunday took eighth (Spies won a breathtaking SBK race 1 at Assen last year) Both riders were very, very close to Dani Pedrosa.

Team Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli and Marco Melandri, who ran high up as fifth during the practice, concluded the session in ninth and tenth respectively.

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