Simoncelli tops first Mugello practice
Marco Simoncelli set the pace in the opening practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello on Friday. But just barely.
The Italian Gresini rider posted a time of 1m48.987s in the closing moments of the session to outpace championship leader Casey Stoner by 0.040 seconds.
Andrea Dovizioso made it three Hondas in the top three, with world champion Jorge Lorenzo the first non-Honda rider in fourth position on the Yamaha.
Results
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Pos |
Rider | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 1m48.987s | +0.000s | 21 |
| 2. | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | 1m49.027s | +0.040 | 16 |
| 3. | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | 1m49.088s | +0.101 | 21 |
| 4. | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | 1m49.251s | +0.264 | 20 |
| 5. | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | 1m49.364s | +0.377 | 20 |
| 6. | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1m49.810s | +0.823 | 19 |
| 7. | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | 1m50.104s | +1.117 | 19 |
| 8. | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | 1m50.203s | +1.216 | 19 |
| 9. | Hiroshi Aoyama | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 1m50.629s | +1.642 | 21 |
| 10. | Alvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | 1m50.658s | +1.671 | 16 |
| 11. | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1m50.683s | +1.696 | 19 |
| 12. | Randy De Puniet | Pramac Racing Team | 1m50.729s | +1.742 | 19 |
| 13. | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | 1m50.780s | +1.793 | 13 |
| 14. | Hector Barbera | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | 1m51.153s | +2.166 | 18 |
| 15. | Toni Elias | LCR Honda MotoGP | 1m51.868s | +2.881 | 19 |
| 16. | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | 1m51.876s | +2.889 | 18 |