Casey Stoner fended off Marco Simoncelli and Jorge Lorenzo to claim his fourth pole position of the 2011 MotoGP season at Silverstone.
Further back, Valentino Rossi struggled to a disastrous 13th place, while there was heartbreak for the home crowd when Cal Crutchlow crashed early on and sustained a broken collarbone and concussion.
Stoner eventually secured pole with a 2m02.020s in the final seven minutes, and despite Simoncelli (Gresini Honda) and Lorenzo (Yamaha) throwing everything they could at their final runs, they could not depose the Australian, whose speed in the last sector in particular remained unbeatable.
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Ben Spies and Andrea Dovizioso put the second Yamaha and second works Honda fourth and fifth. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Nicky Hayden will start in seventh position 0.153s behind Abraham, followed by Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) continued to improve his times while is still recovering from a broken collarbone. Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) qualified ninth, 0.012s behind Edwards, and Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing) completed the top ten times with a 2’04.589.
Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) finished the qualifying session down in 13th, behind Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) in 11th and Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) in 12th. The Italian struggled all weekend to find a set up for the GP11 while simultaneously learning his way around the track on the bike.
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), who thus far had a great weekend, crashed after completing two laps, sustaining a broken collarbone and a concussion. Toni Elias also crashed out of the qualifying in the first half of the session. motogp.com
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 2'02.020 2 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'02.208 3 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 2'02.237 4 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 2'02.677 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 2'03.212 6 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 2'04.151 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 2'04.304 8 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'04.508 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'04.520 10 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 2'04.589 11 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'04.919 12 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 2'05.164 13 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 2'05.781 14 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 2'05.862 15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 2'06.256 16 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'07.911
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