The Ducati Marlboro rider, who stamped his authority in every session on Friday and Saturday, yet again topped the timesheets by nearly six tenths of a second over Fiat Yamaha rival Valentino Rossi.
The championship-leading Italian snatched second-best from Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen by just over a hundredth of a second when time had already expired in the 25-minute session.
Michelin's concerns ahead of race day look to be well grounded as the top seven places in the warm-up were all filled by Bridgestone-shod riders, with the Hondas of Randy de Puniet (LCR) and Nicky Hayden (Repsol) occupying the eighth and ninth spot respectively, just ahead of the Michelin-shod Fiat Yamaha of Jorge Lorenzo.
Stoner's teammate Marco Melandri carried on with his decent form at the circuit by setting the fourth fastest time, followed by Sylvain Guintoli (Alice Ducati), Shinya Nakano (Honda Gresini), and Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) in seventh.
The session started in misty, overcast and cool conditions, which will likely give way to hot California sunshine for the race at 2:00pm local time.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:22.085 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:22.683 + 0.598 3. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:22.694 + 0.609 4. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:22.781 + 0.696 5. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:23.076 + 0.991 6. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:23.134 + 1.049 7. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:23.317 + 1.232 8. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:23.379 + 1.294 9. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:23.397 + 1.312 10. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:23.665 + 1.580 11. Jamie Hacking Kawasaki (B) 1:23.799 + 1.714 12. Ben Spies Suzuki (B) 1:24.097 + 2.012 13. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:24.346 + 2.261 14. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:24.614 + 2.529 15. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:24.627 + 2.542 16. Toni Elías Ducati (B) 1:24.676 + 2.591 17. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:24.856 + 2.771 18. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:25.685 + 3.600
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