MotoGP: Casey Stoner dominates last pre season test day at Jerez
3-30-2009
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Luc Fradette
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Casey Stoner dominated MotoGP's last official pre season test, held on Sunday at Jerez, in Southern Spain. Stoner won the traditional Fast-Lap prize of a new BMW road car for his performance in the morning shoot-out.
Weather and on-track incidents ruined Valentino Rossi's quick runs, so that the huge advantage shown by Stoner may have shrunk back down to one tenth of a second by the time real racing starts. The Stoner Ducati carbon fiber chassis showed up well, after making that bike competitive again halfway through the 2008 season, and promising us some hard battles with Vale's Yamaha, which did not show how strong it may really be today.
Fast-Lap Shootout
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:38.646 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha + 0.719 3. Loris Capirossi Suzuki + 1.111 4. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha + 1.183 5. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 1.202 6. Mika Kallio Ducati + 1.503 7. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 1.522 8. Sete Gibernau Ducati + 1.582 9. Toni Elias Honda + 1.620 10. Colin Edwards Yamaha + 1.659 11. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 1.755 12. Marco Melandri Kawasaki + 1.759 13. Randy de Puniet Honda + 2.000 14. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 2.168 15. Alex de Angelis Honda + 2.223 16. James Toseland Yamaha + 2.779 17. Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati + 2.839 18. Niccolo Canepa Ducati + 2.905 19. Kosuke Akiyoshi Honda + 3.560
Photo Credit : MotoGP
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