Dani Pedrosa left it until the last possible moment to land pole position for Sunday’s Czech Republic Grand Prix, denying Ben Spies in the process.
Spies looked set for a maiden pole position in MotoGP at Brno, but Pedrosa nipped in with a late effort.
The Repsol Honda rider, who desperately needs a win this weekend if he is to make any headway in closing his 72-point deficit to championship leader Jorge Lorenzo, produced a time of one minute 56.508 seconds to beat Spies’ best time by three tenths of a second. SkySports
Casey Stoner was not satisfied with his Ducati Team machine as he struggled with corner exit, but a determined final push at the end of session placed the Australian fourth and he and his team will work hard overnight to correct the rear grip issues he appeared to be having.
Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha), at just over half a second off pole, will start from fifth and the reigning World Champion was extremely frustrated to have a fall at turn 13 just moments after Lorenzo went down. Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso will complete the second row after taking his factory RC212V round in the sixth best time.
The third row will comprise Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) and rookie Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar), with Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) tenth. Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) will start from 11th on his return from injury. Motogp
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