MotoGP
Australia’s Casey Stoner of Ducati on Saturday secured pole position ahead of Spaniards Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo in qualifying for Sunday’s season-ending MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix. AFP
The Australian topped the timesheet by a clear 0.263s, with a best lap of 1’32.256 securing him the lead on the front row of the grid.
Heading up the second row of the grid will be Lorenzo’s Fiat Yamaha team-mate and World Champion Valentino Rossi, whose fourth position was enough to secure him the BMW M Award for best qualifier in MotoGP in 2009.
Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) secured fifth spot for the eighth time this season, after improving significantly on his own practice times from earlier in the weekend. MotoGP
Pos Rider Team 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 3 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 4 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 6 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 7 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 8 Toni Elias San Carlo Honda Gresini 9 Ben Spies Sterilgarda Yamaha Team 10 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 11 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 12 Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini 13 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 14 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha 15 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team 16 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 17 Gabor Talmacsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP 18 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
