World championship leader Casey Stoner will start Sunday’s German MotoGP in pole position after he was fastest in qualifying at Sachsenring.
The Australian’s quickest lap was one minute 21.681 seconds - 0.252 seconds ahead of Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa.
It will be the sixth time this season that Stoner has started from the front of the grid, as he chases his fifth win.
Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo completes the front row of the grid. BBC Sport
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Marco Simoncelli back to fourth - ending the Italian’s run of front row starts.. The second works Yamaha of Ben Spies completed the top five.
Valentino Rossi’s decline continued as he fell to his worst grid position of this tough season so far in 16th. The only man the seven-time MotoGP champion outpaced was returnee Sylvain Guintoli, who is substituting for the injured Loris Capirossi at Pramac Ducati this weekend.
Nicky Hayden at least got up to eighth on the other works Ducati, behind Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) and Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha). Randy de Puniet’s Pramac Ducati and Alvaro Bautista’s Suzuki completed the top 10. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'21.681 2 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'21.933 3 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'21.944 4 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 1'21.954 5 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'22.056 6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 1'22.157 7 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'22.368 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'22.388 9 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1'22.503 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'22.604 11 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1'22.676 12 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'22.676 13 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'23.164 14 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1'23.201 15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'23.248 16 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'23.320 17 50 Sylvain GUINTOLIPramac Racing Team 1'24.707
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