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Casey Stoner - Marlboro Ducati 2009

This weekend the teams and riders of MotoGP are at the Sachsenring circuit for the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland.

Casey Stoner on the Marlboro Ducati, set the fastest time of the day in the afternoon session of the Friday free practice session.  The heavens opened midway through the 125cc practice session but by the time the MotoGP riders arrived the track was drying.

Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa, on the Repsol Honda, took second place in the closing stages of the session pushing the Fiat Yamaha of Valentino Rossi down to third.

The LCR Honda rider Randy de Puniet, took fourth place followed by Alex de Angelis on the San Carlo Honda Gresini and Colin Edwards on the Monster Tech3 Yamaha in sixth.

Toni Elias on the second San Carlo Honda, finished seventh ahead of the second Ducati Marlboro of Nicky Hayden in eighth, second Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso in ninth and Marco Melandri on the Hayate Racing team bike in tenth.

Jorge Lorenzo on the second Fiat Yamaha, could only manage eleventh place, admitting that he is not 100% fit and finding the circuit difficult after suffering a separated shoulder and fractured foot at the U.S. Round of the Championship, however, he was only 0.717seconds slower than Stoner.

Loris Capirossi on the Rizla Suzuki, ended the day in twelfth position while his team-mate Chris Vermeulen, suffered a big crash, landing badly on the same side that he had injured at Laguna Seca.  He is badly bruised and admitted to not being in the best of conditions but feels he will be fine for qualifying tomorrow.