Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner was unstoppable during the BMW M-Award timed session at Jerez this afternoon, finishing three-quarters of a second ahead of Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi.
Stoner registered a superb 1’38.646s lap in the final ten minutes of the session even finding time to give a wave to his Ducati Marlboro team in their pit-box as he flew down the main straight. Shortly after, the session was brought to a premature close by rainfall, with just over three minutes remaining on the clock.

The winner of last year’s BMW M Award in the rain at Jerez, Stoner’s repeat trick earned him another car to add to his collection, picking up a BMW 135i ‘BMW Sauber F1 Team Edition’, of which only 135 have been made.

The reigning World Champion and winner of the 2007 BMW M Award Valentino Rossi got closest to Stoner with a 1’39.365s time, which put him second on the timesheet, 0.719s behind the Australian. Like Stoner, the Fiat Yamaha man is enjoying a good preseason and the pair look like they will push each other hard for the title in 2009.

Behind the front two it was Rizla Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen who sandwiched fourth placed Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo in the top five.

Causing a surprise in sixth place was Mika Kallio who impressed his Pramac Racing crew with his pace, despite running off track at one point.

1     27     Casey STONER     AUS     Ducati Marlboro Team     Ducati     1'38.646     279.214     
2     46     Valentino ROSSI     ITA     Fiat Yamaha Team     Yamaha     1'39.365     284.960     0.719
3     65     Loris CAPIROSSI     ITA     Rizla Suzuki MotoGP     Suzuki     1'39.757     283.687     1.111
4     99     Jorge LORENZO     SPA     Fiat Yamaha Team     Yamaha     1'39.829     284.210     1.183
5     7     Chris VERMEULEN     AUS     Rizla Suzuki MotoGP     Suzuki     1'39.848     281.396     1.202
6     36     Mika KALLIO     FIN     Pramac Racing     Ducati     1'40.149     281.984     1.503
7     4     Andrea DOVIZIOSO     ITA     Repsol Honda Team     Honda     1'40.168     280.010     1.522
8     59     Sete GIBERNAU     SPA     Grupo Francisco Hernando     Ducati     1'40.228     281.250     1.582
9     24     Toni ELIAS     SPA     San Carlo Honda Gresini     Honda     1'40.266     287.539     1.620
10     5     Colin EDWARDS     USA     Monster Yamaha Tech 3     Yamaha     1'40.305     282.205     1.659
11     69     Nicky HAYDEN     USA     Ducati Marlboro Team     Ducati     1'40.401     282.205     1.755
12     33     Marco MELANDRI     ITA     Hayate Racing Team     Kawasaki     1'40.405     282.131     1.759
13     14     Randy DE PUNIET     FRA     LCR Honda MotoGP     Honda     1'40.646     277.777     2.000
14     72     Yuki TAKAHASHI     JPN     Scot Racing Team MotoGP     Honda     1'40.814     278.637     2.168
15     15     Alex DE ANGELIS     RSM     San Carlo Honda Gresini     Honda     1'40.869     271.971     2.223
16     52     James TOSELAND     GBR     Monster Yamaha Tech 3     Yamaha     1'41.425     279.720     2.779
17     22     Vittoriano GUARESCHI     ITA     Ducati Team     Ducati     1'41.485     276.073     2.839
18     88     Niccolo CANEPA     ITA     Pramac Racing     Ducati     1'41.551     279.069     2.905
19     64     Kousuke AKIYOSHI     JPN     Repsol Honda Team     Honda     1'42.206     280.665     3.560