Jorge Lorenzo claimed his first pole position of 2010 today as fellow front row qualifiers Randy de Puniet and Dani Pedrosa suffered fast late crashes in a dramatic session.
Lorenzo steered his Fiat Yamaha YZR-M1 to a best time of 2.03.308 to finish just 0.126s clear of Frenchman de Puniet, who had threatened a big shock with his first premier class beckoning in the final stages.
The LCR Honda rider was a massive 0.729s clear of the field with just 13 minutes of the session remaining and he only lost top spot to current world championship leader Lorenzo in the decisive final stages.
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But just as de Puniet threatened to retaliate with a brilliant late attack, he crashed his satellite RC212V at the fast Farm Curve left-hander where Ben Spies fell heavily this morning. Motorcycle News
Andrea Dovizioso started slowly, but the Italian powered into fourth spot with Australian Casey Stoner going sixth fastest after American Nicky Hayden.
Lorenzo, having assumed pole position, will be keen to capitalise on his advantage with De Puniet and Pedrosa having to regain their strength after their falls for the race. Yahoo! Eurosport
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 2'03.308 2 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 2'03.434 3 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 2'03.586 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 2'03.995 5 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 2'04.332 6 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 2'04.394 7 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'04.477 8 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'04.555 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'04.868 10 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'05.035 11 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 2'05.354 12 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 2'05.712 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 2'05.748 14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'05.821 15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'06.607 16 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 2'06.980
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