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Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner has murdered his own record on the way to setting pole position for tomorrow’s Qatar MotoGP race, swapping times with team-mate Dani Pedrosa for the hour-long session as Britain’s Cal Crutchlow took eighth on his debut.
Stoner’s 1’54.347 is three-quarters of a second faster than his time from last year but Pedrosa wasn’t letting the Aussie have it all his own way, lapping at 1’54.342 right at the end of the session to keep Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo at bay who was six-tenths in arrears to take the final front-row spot.
Crutchlow showed some sparkling form to take fifth place not once but twice in the session on the soft tyre but was just knocked down a couple of places in the dying minutes.
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He finished in front of Valentino Rossi and, crucially, team-mate Colin Edwards. BSN
Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) was the surprise of the session with a great lap to finish fourth fastest, just four hundredths slower than the current MotoGP World Champion. The top Ducati was yet again Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar Team) who was sixth fastest, 1.086 off the time set by Stoner.
It was a disappointing showing for Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) compared to his team-mates and after his form in the previous practice sessions. The Italian not known for strong qualifying compared to race results, could only manage seventh with a deficit of 1.092 off the leading Repsol Honda. Motogp.com
Pos. Num. Rider Team 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 2 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 3 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 4 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 5 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 6 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 8 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 9 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 10 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 12 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 13 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 15 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 16 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
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