World MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo will start Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix from first on the grid after qualifying was canceled due to bad weather in Estoril.
The Spaniard was handed his seventh pole position this season for the penultimate race of 2010 following heavy rain and high winds, with times instead taken from Saturday morning’s practice session and the two on Friday.
Lorenzo, who clinched his first world title with victory in Malaysia on October 10, has won the race for the past two years.
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He clocked a best practice time of one minute 48.522 seconds on his Fiat Yamaha, with Ducati’s Nicky Hayden and deposed world champion Valentino Rossi joining him on the front row. CNN International
Casey Stoner (Ducati Team), Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini) will comprise the second line, with the top six all taking their positions on the starting grid courtesy of their FP2 times. The returning Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) will start from 12th and Carlos Checa (Pramac Racing) from 17th in his first GP since Valencia 2007. Motogp.com
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