Casey Stoner has will head into qualifying as the favourite for pole position after dominating the opening day of practice for the French Grand Prix.
The Australian broke the Le Mans practice record in the first session, before going faster again in the afternoon.
Stoner’s best for the day of 1:33.8s was enough to see him 0.8s clear of Marco Simoncelli, and 0.7s faster than Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa.
Nicky Hayden has made a promising start to the weekend with fourth fastest on the factory Ducati, while Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Colin Edwards, Hiroshi Aoyama, Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies round out the top 10.
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See below for the full Practice 2 result
| 1 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | 1m33.782 | |
| 2 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 1m34.186 | 0.404 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | 1m34.478 | 0.696 |
| 4 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | 1m34.652 | 0.870 |
| 5 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | 1m34.659 | 0.877 |
| 6 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | 1m34.705 | 0.923 |
| 7 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1m34.939 | 1.157 |
| 8 | Hiroshi Aoyama | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 1m34.959 | 1.177 |
| 9 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | 1m34.966 | 1.184 |
| 10 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | 1m34.976 | 1.194 |
| 11 | Randy De Puniet | Pramac Racing Team | 1m34.998 | 1.216 |
| 12 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1m35.158 | 1.376 |
| 13 | Loris Capirossi | Pramac Racing Team | 1m35.383 | 1.601 |
| 14 | Hector Barbera | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | 1m35.902 | 2.120 |
| 15 | Alvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | 1m35.992 | 2.210 |
| 16 | Toni Elias | LCR Honda MotoGP | 1m36.304 | 2.522 |
| 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | 1m36.327 | 2.545 |
