Lorenzo quickest in San Marino practice

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Jorge Lorenzo laid down the fastest free practice time for Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix.

03 September,2011 02:52 am

Championship leader Casey Stoner had to make do with second best on Friday as defending champion Jorge Lorenzo laid down the fastest free practice time for Sundays San Marino Grand Prix.Stoner topped the first session but Lorenzo, who was only sixth fastest in the morning, came through in the second session to clock one minute 33.929 seconds on his Yamaha.It left him 0.076secs clear of the Australian whose Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa was third fastest.Stoner, who leads Lorenzo by 44 points in the championship after winning seven of the first 11 races, was left to wonder about his set-up for Sundays race at Misano.Stoner is followed by Pedrosa and another Honda teammate Marco Simoncelli, while Lorenzos stablemate Ben Spies was fifth fastest, half a second down on the Spaniard.