Valentino Rossi put himself on top of the timesheets in the first practice session at the Le Mans MotoGP today, closely followed by Casey Stoner, and then Jorge Lorenzo.

Alvaro Bautista made it out on track, despite breaking his collar-bone in a training incident a few weeks ago – Bautista was riding without painkillers and the injury clearly had an effect; he finished the session in last place about 3 seconds off the pace of the leaders, and almost a second off the pace from Aoyama who ended the session in 16th position.

After a forgettable start to the 2010 MotoGP season, Aleix Espargaró showed considerable improvement by setting the 9th fastest time on his Pramac Ducati.

Le Mans MotoGP Friday practice times:

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 34.402s
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 34.508s
3. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 34.542s
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1m 34.625s
5. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1m 34.989s
6. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 35.089s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 35.223s
8. Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 35.291s
9. Aleix Espargaro SPA Pramac Racing 1m 35.45s
10. Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 35.643s
11. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 35.685s
12. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 35.959s
13. Hector Barbera SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1m 36.009s
14. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 1m 36.086s
15. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1m 36.292s
16. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1m 36.798s
17. Alvaro Bautista SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 37.525s

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