Australia’s 2007 world champion Casey Stoner, riding a Ducati, took pole position for Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix on Saturday, the final race of the 18-leg world championship series.
The Australian - who earlier in the season battled against illness and poor form - was 0.331sec quicker than champion Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha while Italy’s 2008 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli was third fastest on a Honda-Gresini.
It was the first time that Simoncelli was fast enough to get onto the front row of the grid in a MotoGp and he did so by edging out Italian legend Valentino Rossi. AFP
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A late surge from Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) placed the Italian fourth (+0.531s on Stoner) as he battled to find enough pace to challenge near the top end, with American duo Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) and Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) also taking places on the second row of the grid.
Completing the top ten in the session were Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda), Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini). Motogp.com
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1'31.799 2 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1'32.130 3 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'32.244 4 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1'32.330 5 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'32.422 6 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'32.566 7 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'32.579 8 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'32.603 9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'32.886 10 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'32.917 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1'32.925 12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1'33.085 13 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1'33.170 14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'33.339 15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1'33.343 16 71 Carlos CHECA Pramac Racing Team 1'33.499 17 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'33.515
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