Honda rider Casey Stoner took pole position for Sunday’s British MotoGP at Silverstone as home rider Cal Crutchlow suffered a broken collarbone.
Stoner clocked two minutes 2.020seconds to claim his fourth pole of the season, with Marco Simoncelli second fastest.
Tech 3 Yamaha rider Crutchlow lasted less than five minutes of qualifying before losing the rear end of his bike and falling onto his left shoulder.
The 25-year-old now looks certain to miss Sunday’s race.
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Defending world champion and current standings leader Jorge Lorenzo finished behind Simoncelli’s San Carlo Honda in third place.
Lorenzo’s Yamaha team-mate Ben Spies was fourth fastest while Czech rookie Karel Abraham produced a superb performance to take sixth spot. BBC Sport
Factory rider Nicky Hayden was one place further back, while Rossi continued to struggle at Silverstone and was a massive 3.7s off the pace in 13th.
Colin Edwards gritted his teeth through discomfort from last week’s broken collarbone to take a remarkable eighth on the grid for Tech 3 Yamaha, as his team-mate Crutchlow picked up a similar injury when he fell heavily at Farm on only his third lap of the session, almost certainly ruling him out of the rest of the weekend.
Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki) and Randy de Puniet (Pramac Ducati) completed the top 10.
Aside from Crutchlow, the session’s other accident saw Toni Elias lose the LCR Honda under braking for Vale. He was unhurt and qualified 14th. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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