Dani Pedrosa will start the 2010 Gran Premio d’Italia TIM from pole position at Mugello after a superb late lap in qualifying pushed him to the front of the grid.
Securing his second pole of the season – his 15th in the premier class – with a time of 1’48.819 on the 23rd of his 24 laps, Pedrosa beat Jorge Lorenzo to the top spot by 0.177s.
The current World Championship standings leader had taken prime position with ten minutes of the session remaining, becoming the first rider of the weekend to get under the 1’49” barrier by four-thousandths of a second, but Pedrosa’s effort means Lorenzo will go for his third straight win of the campaign from second spot.
Joining the Spanish duo on the front row will be Casey Stoner after the Ducati Marlboro man found a more secure base on his bike which allowed him to qualify well, 0.613s off Pedrosa’s pace. MotoGP
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Pos. Num. Rider Team 1 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 2 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 3 27 Casey STONER Ducati Marlboro Team 4 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Marlboro Team 5 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 7 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 10 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 11 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 12 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 13 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 14 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 15 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team
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