Dani Pedrosa will start the Czech Grand Prix from pole position after continuing his dominance of the weekend by setting the fastest time in qualifying.
The Repsol Honda rider lagged behind team-mate Casey Stoner for the first half of the session, but once he took over at the top of the timesheets the Spaniard would not be matched.
Pedrosa had been fastest in both free practice sessions on Friday and continued his rich vein of form to grab his first pole of the season with a fastest lap of 1 minute 56.591 seconds.
Defending MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo finished behind him in second place, with this season’s current points leader Stoner in third. SkySports
Ben Spies jumped up to second place with 15 minutes to go, but was knocked back to fourth by the end on the second Yamaha. Marco Simoncelli’s Gresini Honda and Valentino Rossi’s Ducati completed the second row ahead of Andrea Dovizioso’s Honda.
Eighth spot went to Colin Edwards, the Tech 3 Yamaha rider outqualifying his American countryman Nicky Hayden (Ducati) and Hiroshi Aoyama (Gresini Honda). Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) crashed out of eighth position with 12 minutes remaining, running back to the pits to mount his second bike, finally concluding the qualifying in eleventh. The British rider’s crash was followed by Cardion ab Motoracing’s Karel Abraham crashing out of qualifying, the 21 year old from Brno will start his home race from last on the grid.
John Hopkins (Rizla Suzuki) did not participate in the qualifying session due to injuries sustained in his FP3 crash pronouncing him unfit for racing. motogp.com
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