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 + 1.62010. Colin Edwards Yamaha + 1.65911. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 1.75512. Marco Melandri Kawasaki + 1.75913. Randy de Puniet Honda + 2.00014. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 2.16815. Alex de Angelis Honda + 2.22316. James Toseland Yamaha + 2.77917. Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati + 2.83918. Niccolo Canepa Ducati + 2.90519. Kosuke Akiyoshi Honda + 3.560 photo: MotoGP
MotoGP: Casey Stoner dominates last pre season test day at Jerez