Spain’s Dani Pedrosa took pole position in qualifying for tomorrow’s San Marino grand prix to boost his outside hopes of winning the title.
The Honda rider, also quickest in yesterday’s first practice session on Italy’s east coast, topped the timesheets again with a lap of 1min 33.948sec in qualifying ahead of the championship leader and his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo.
Ducati’s Casey Stoner will start the race from third on the grid. The Guardian
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Valentino Rossi will head up the second row in his home race after the reigning World Champion set the fourth fastest time of the hour on his Fiat Yamaha M1 machine, whilst Ben Spies will be the highest satellite rider on the grid after placing his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine in fifth spot. A commendable effort from the recovering Randy de Puniet saw the LCR Honda rider secure sixth place.
Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) and San Carlo Honda Gresini pair Marco Simoncelli and Marco Melandri completed the top ten in the hour.
The only other crash of the session happened just ten minutes in when rookie Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar) fell at turn four, and he eventually qualified in 12th on his Ducati. Motogp
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'33.948 2 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1'34.256 3 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1'34.397 4 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1'34.470 5 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'34.472 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1'34.751 7 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'34.782 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1'34.826 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'34.934 10 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'35.018 11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'35.096 12 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1'35.259 13 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1'35.286 14 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'35.303 15 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1'35.438 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'35.629 17 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 1'35.724
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