MotoGP rookie Ben Spies won the pole for Sunday’s 3 p.m. race by completing a lap in 1 minute, 40.105 seconds on the 2.6-mile road course. It is the first career pole for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider from Longview, Texas.
Nicky Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., put himself in position to challenge for a third consecutive podium finish at Indy by qualifying third on his Ducati. The 2006 MotoGP champion was timed in 1:40.336.
Italian Andrea Dovizioso was fourth and Spaniard Dani Pedrosa, last year’s Indy pole winner, was fifth, both for the Repsol Honda team. Indianapolis Star
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Casey Stoner, who had been fastest in both practice sessions, could only qualify in sixth as he lapped 0.559s off the pace of Spies on his Ducati Desmosedici GP10.
The third row will be headed up by Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) and the Italian was left frustrated but uninjured when he fell at turn six with little over five minutes to go – his second fall of the day following an earlier one in practice. Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini) also had a crash in the final stages of the session but managed to secure eighth place, equalling his best qualification so far this season, with Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) completing the top ten.
Hiroshi Aoyama (Interwetten Honda MotoGP Team) was 13th in his first QP since returning from injury, whilst Aleix Espargaró (Pramac Racing) had a fall at turn 13 and eventually qualified in 14th. Motogp
Pos. Num. Rider Team 1 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 5 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 6 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 7 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 8 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 9 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 12 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 13 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 15 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 16 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 17 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP
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