The Ducati Marlboro rider was never challenged for the top spot throughout the sunny 25-minute session. The Australian set his best time of 1:32.844 with ten minutes remaining, with the closest rival - Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa - ending up over half a second behind.
Pedrosa's teammate Nicky Hayden, who crashed his bike with nine minutes of the session to go and had to walk back to the pits, was third quickest a further two tenths behind the Spaniard.
Just six thousandths of a second behind Hayden was fellow American Colin Edwards with his Tech 3 Yamaha, while Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi had a better session today by ending up fifth, eight tenths behind Stoner, after having qualified down in tenth place yesterday.
Randy de Puniet was the quickest customer Honda rider today with his LCR entry in sixth, ahead of the satellite Hondas of Alex de Angelis (Gresini), Andrea Dovizioso (JiR) and Shinya Nakano (Gresini).
Chris Vermeulen completes the top ten with his Rizla Suzuki, followed by Marco Melandri's works Ducati and Jorge Lorenzo's factory Yamaha.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:32.844 2. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (B) 1:33.382 + 0.538 3. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:33.599 + 0.755 4. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:33.605 + 0.761 5. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:33.676 + 0.832 6. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:33.749 + 0.905 7. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:33.973 + 1.129 8. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:33.982 + 1.138 9. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:34.010 + 1.166 10. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:34.252 + 1.408 11. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:34.280 + 1.436 12. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:34.328 + 1.484 13. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:34.338 + 1.494 14. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:34.515 + 1.671 15. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:34.587 + 1.743 16. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:34.700 + 1.856 17. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:34.957 + 2.113 18. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:34.992 + 2.148
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