Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa left it until the last few minutes to set the fastest time on day one of 1000cc MotoGP testing at Valencia this afternoon, just topping team-mate Casey Stoner by a tenth of a second.

Stoner had led for pretty much the entire day but could do nothing about his team-mate who set a 1'32.186 compared to the new champion's 1'32.322, which he did in the middle of the afternoon. Pedrosa was just a couple of tenths slower than Stoner's pole time from Saturday. Yamaha's Ben Spies was third fastest but nearly a second off the pace.

Randy De Puniet put in a stunning performance on the 800cc Rizla Suzuki to take fourth on the timesheet with a 1'33.544 - just a tenth slower than Alvaro Bautista's time in qualifying. The Frenchman's performance will increase speculation he will sign for the team should it be given the go-ahead to remain in 2012.

Monster Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow jumped into fifth place with a 1'33.652 later on in the day and his time was more than half a second quicker than he managed on Saturday. It was also quicker than Valentino Rossi on the aluminium-framed GP12 and Crutchlow's own new team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, who were both two tenths slower than the Coventry man. Nicky Hayden did not take part as he has broken his right scaphoid and radius bones in the turn-one dominoes that happened on Sunday..

Valencia MotoGP test day one - conditions dry

1 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:32.186 - - 40

2 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 1:32.322 +0.136 +0.136 42

3 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 1:33.226 +0.904 +1.040 73

4 Randy De Puniet Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:33.544 +0.318 +1.358 55

5 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech3 1:33.652 +0.108 +1.466 75

6 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 1:33.857 +0.205 +1.671 71

7 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech3 1:33.859 +0.002 +1.673 49

8 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team 1:34.174 +0.315 +1.988 57

9 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP 1:34.330 +0.156 +2.144 62

10 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 1:34.393 +0.063 +2.207 61

11 Franco Battaini Ducati Team 1:35.371 +0.978 +3.185 29

12 Kousuke Akiyoshi Repsol Honda Team 1:35.728 +0.357 +3.542 34

13 Ivan Silva BQR Inmotec 1:37.159 +1.431 +4.973 44 (CRT)

14 Carmelo Morales TeamLaglisse 1:38.989 +1.830 +6.803 33 (CRT)

15 Gianluca Nannelli Grillini Team 1:39.173 +0.184 +6.987 24 (CRT)

16 Federico Sandi Grillini Team 1:39.827 +0.654 +7.641 9 (CRT)