"Today was very hot which meant it quite hard to ride, and also the track is quite slippery here. I felt comfortable on my bike from the start and I was able to be quite fast, which is always encouraging, but I think we have some more work to do because we’re not perfect yet and the front could be better, especially on the entry to the corners. Tomorrow we will try to work on this and especially on T2 and T3, because these are the areas where we are losing some time. Valentino is very strong, as I expected because it’s his home and he won last year, so we will have to be at the maximum to be able to fight with him."Davide Brivio Speaks… (Team Manager)
"We did a lot of work today and it looks like we’ve done a good job. We worked on both bikes and all the tyres and by the end of the session Valentino had a good pace and rhythm. We hope that we have found a good base on which we can build tomorrow. The important thing is that we continue to fine tune the setting in the morning so that we’re at our best tomorrow afternoon and Sunday."Daniele Romagnoli Speaks… (Team Manager)
"A good start here in Misano, in extremely hot weather. Jorge found a good pace from the beginning of the session but we need to improve the feeling with the front because this track is very demanding on it. We already tried some different settings during the session and we collected some good data in order to help us to improve our package for tomorrow."
Combined Free Practice Times 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team
1’35.304 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team
1’35.430 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda
1’36.080 4. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini
1’36.096 5. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda
1’36.316 6. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
1’36.350 7. Mika Kallio (FIN) Ducati Marlboro Team
1’36.419 8. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
1’36.508 9. James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
1’36.588 10. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team
1’36.608 11. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP
1’37.056 12. Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini
1’37.057 13. Alex Espagaro (SPA) Pramac Racing
1’37.126 14. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
1’37.134 15. Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing
1’37.306 16. Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team
1’37.454 17. Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) Scot Racing Team MotoGP
1’37.869 Misano: Record Lap
V. Rossi (Yamaha) 2008, 1’34.904 Misano: Best Lap
C.Stoner (Ducati) 2008, 1’33.378