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Stoner still fastest on Saturday morning

Casey Stoner continued his dominant form in Saturday morning practice, setting the fastest lap despite aggrevating an old injury in his hand yesterday. 

Stoner set a best lap of 1m34.365s to finish a massive 0.711s ahead of local hero and championship rival Valentino Rossi. Yamaha team mate Jorge Lorenzo continued his stronger weekend finishing the final session before qualifying in third. 

Chris Vermeuelen ended up fourth ahead of Colin Edwards and Dani Pedrosa. Capirossi, Nakano, de Puniet and de Angelis rounded off the top ten.

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