World championship leader Jorge Lorenzo made it four pole positions in a row after qualifying fastest for Sunday’s German MotoGP at Sachsenring.
He ousted fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa from top spot, with Pedrosa ending up third fastest behind Casey Stoner.
World champion Valentino Rossi came an impressive fifth in his first race back after breaking his leg six week ago.
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Earlier Lorenzo’s bike sprayed oil on the track, causing Ben Spies and Randy de Puniet behind him to crash out. BBC Sport
Hector Barbera had his best MotoGP qualifying performance of the season and he’ll fill row two on the Paginas Amarallis Aspar Ducati.
De Puniet will start from row three if healthy and he’ll be joined there by San Carlo Honda’s Marco Simoncelli and Pramac Racing’s Aleix Espargaro.
Marco Melandri rounded out the top 10.
The trio of Americans didn’t fare well today as Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards led the three by qualifying 12th. Fellow Texan Spies is 13th with Marlboro Ducati’s Nicky Hayden down in 15th. Fortunately, Hayden is just 1.2 seconds behind in a closely knit field in Germany. Cycle News
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1'21.817 2 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1'21.841 3 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'21.948 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'22.263 5 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1'22.395 6 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1'22.454 7 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1'22.610 8 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'22.624 9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1'22.910 10 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'22.917 11 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 1'22.961 12 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'23.026 13 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'23.028 14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'23.040 15 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'23.090 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'23.193 17 15 Alex DE ANGELIS Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1'23.515
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