Buzzin MotoGP

It was a wet qualfiying session today for the Moto GP riders at the Donington Park round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship.

It was World Champion Casey Stoner who dominated most of the qualifying session ahead of tomorrows British Moto GP and set a time of 1:38.232, over six-tenths faster than Valentino Rossi in second place.

Chris Vermeulen, who was leading the lap times at one stage, will start from third on the grid with Nicky Hayden in fourth.

Colin Edwards joins Hayden on the second row of the grid alongside Andrea Dovizioso on the Honda Scot.

On the third row of the grid is the Kawasaki rider Anthony West, with Ben Spies replacing the injured Loris Capirossi, and Dani Pedrosa.

Shinya Nakano rounds off the top ten riders, just edging out John Hopkins in eleventh.

James Toseland crashed on two separate occasions on the same lap and was seen being helped off track by staff and Jorge Lorenzo qualified in seventeenth place still nursing his injuries.

Here are the results:

 1.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  1:38.232
 2.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (B)  1:38.881  + 0.649
 3.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  1:39.018  + 0.786
 4.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  1:39.270  + 1.038
 5.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  1:39.601  + 1.369
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  1:39.783  + 1.551
 7.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  1:39.995  + 1.763
 8.  Ben Spies         Suzuki    (B)  1:40.244  + 2.012
 9.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda     (M)  1:40.350  + 2.118
10.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (B)  1:40.417  + 2.185
11.  John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B)  1:40.539  + 2.307
12.  Sylvain Guintoli  Ducati    (B)  1:40.595  + 2.363
13.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     (B)  1:40.667  + 2.435
14.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  1:41.110  + 2.678
15.  Marco Melandri    Ducati    (B)  1:41.379  + 3.147
16.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  1:41.751  + 3.519
17.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  1:41.873  + 3.641
18.  Toni Elias        Ducati    (B)  1:42.933  + 4.701