Full Saturday free practice times from the Valencia MotoGP, 2009 world championship.
2009 World Superbike champion Ben Spies is making his Yamaha MotoGP debut as a wild-card this weekend, while Aleix Espargaro is again replacing the injured Niccolo Canepa at Pramac Ducati.
Spies moved from 15th on Friday to 12th this morning and ahead of fellow Yamaha rider James Toseland, whom he will replace at Tech 3 in 2010. Spies had been 2.239sec from Stoner on Friday, but was only 1.377sec behind on Saturday morning.
Spies was also the fastest Yamaha rider in a straight line this morning, clocking 312.0km/h to once again hold seventh......