Spain’s Dani Pedrosa will start in pole position for Sunday’s Czech MotoGP after topping qualifying in Brno.
The Repsol Honda rider, second in the rider standings, timed one minute 56.508 seconds to deny rookie Ben Spies his first MotoGP pole by 0.338 seconds.
Yamaha’s championship leader Jorge Lorenzo crashed in the final minutes of the session, failing to claim his sixth pole in a row and was third fastest. BBC Sport
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Casey Stoner, who was the most spectacular rider on track as he tried to extract maximum performance from his Ducati, ended up fourth with Rossi fifth following his gentle fall at the penultimate corner.
Andrea Dovizioso was sixth on the second of the Repsol Hondas to round out the second row, ahead of American duo Colin Edwards and Nicky Hayden.
Barbera was ninth despite his fall, with Loris Capirossi 10th on the lone Suzuki after team-mate Alvaro Bautista was forced to miss the session after a heavy crash in final practice this morning. SkySports
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'56.508 2 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'56.846 3 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1'56.865 4 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1'56.868 5 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1'57.059 6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'57.117 7 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'57.222 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'57.635 9 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1'57.960 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'57.981 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1'58.089 12 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'58.169 13 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 1'58.182 14 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'58.430 15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1'58.522 16 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1'58.700 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
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