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Pedrosa quickest, rain or shine

Dani Pedrosa confirmed Honda's pace by repeating his form of Friday to claim the top spot again on Saturday at Indianapolis. The Spaniard, challenging for the absent Casey's Stoner's third place in the championship, this time led compatriot Jorge Lorenzo as Alex de Angelis pushed Valentino Rossi down to fourth position.             

The Spanish rider was the top man in the rain yesterday and in dry conditions on Saturday morning he lapped faster than any of his rivals once again, taking his factory RC212V round the Indianapolis MotoGP track in 1:40.271 on his last lap in the session. That was more than half a second quicker than the time which gave Valentino Rossi pole at The Brickyard last year.

No-one was able to get within a second of Pedrosa's pace, with his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo lapping second fastest - thanks to a best effort 1.015 seconds behind the Honda man.

Alex de Angelis caused something of a surprise in third place with a time very similar to Lorenzo's, whilst the Spaniard's Fiat Yamaha team-mate Rossi was just a tenth of a second behind him in fourth.

With Colin Edwards and Andrea Dovizioso placing fifth and sixth respectively there were three Yamahas and three Hondas in the top six. Next came the three Ducatis of Nicky Hayden, Niccolò Canepa and Mika Kallio, ahead of final top ten representative Marco Melandri.

Pramac Racing's replacement rider Aleix Espargaró impressed again in 14th place, in front of regular riders such as Randy de Puniet and James Toseland.

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