Submitted by Kropotkin on
Testing was rather eventful, with Casey Stoner setting the fastest time on the new carbon-fiber frame Ducati Desmosedici GP9, the bike scheduled to race next year. Both Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa switched back and forth between the steel-valve Honda RC212V and the new pneumatic valve engine, but Pedrosa had a nasty highside on cold tires, and was forced to retire. Testing of the bike will now be down to Nicky Hayden for tomorrow. Hayden was 4/10ths quicker on the new bike than on the old bike during the race weekend on race tires.
The times were provided courtesy of GPOne.com. Testing continues tomorrow.
| 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 1'41.533 | lap 45 of 52 | Q |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'41.857 | lap 60 of 61 | Q |
| 3 | Shinya Nakano | Honda | 1'42.039 | lap 41 of 50 | Q |
| 4 | James Toseland | Yamaha | 1'42.505 | lap 55 of 62 | |
| 5 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 1'42.699 | lap 30 of 42 | Q |
| 6 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 1'42.721 | lap 60 of 70 | |
| 7 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati | 1'42.755 | lap 56 of 57 | Q |
| 8 | Randy de Puniet | Honda | 1'42.775 | lap 48 of 54 | |
| 9 | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 1'42.782 | lap 92 of 93 | |
| 10 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 1'42.818 | lap 41 of 64 | |
| 11 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 1'43.127 | lap 8 of 38 | |
| 12 | Toni Elias | Ducati | 1'43.197 | lap 64 of 72 | |
| 13 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1'43.552 | lap 6 of 32 | |
| 14 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki | 1'43.630 | lap 8 of 23 | |
| 15 | Marco Melandri | Ducati | 1'44.326 | lap 43 of 60 | |
| 16 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki | 1'44.927 | lap 49 of 55 | |
| 17 | Nobu Aoki | Suzuki | 1'45.011 | lap 66 of 73 | |
| 18 | Erwan Nigon | Honda | 1'45.603 | lap 63 of 78 | |
| 19 | Niccolo Canepa | Ducati | 1'46.122 | lap 47 of 48 | |
| 20 | Vito Guareschi | Ducati | 1'47.201 | lap 19 of 32 |
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