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Casey Stoner 2008

Casey Stoner on the Marlboro Ducati took pole position to today in qualifying for the seasons finale tomorrow in Valencia.

As Stoner took his ninth pole of the season he was followed by the two Repsol Honda riders, Spain’s Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden.

Hayden, who will be racing his Honda for the final time, had dominated the free practice session and set the pace for most of the qualifying until Stoner made a minor adjustment on his machine and took the number one spot.

The two Tech 3 Yamaha riders will start the second row with Colin Edwards in fourth and James Toseland in fifth.

Randy de Puniet on the LCR Honda, crashed his machine shortly after the session started and had to run back to the pits for the second bike, he went on to claim sixth place.

Jorge Lorenzo on the Fiat Yamaha took seventh place while his team-mate Valentino Rossi, the World Champion, finished down in tenth position.

Loris Capirossi for the Rizla Suzuki team finished in eighth place followed by the JiR Scot Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso and Rossi.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  1:31.502
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda     (B)  1:31.555  + 0.053
 3.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  1:31.703  + 0.201
 4.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  1:32.212  + 0.710
 5.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  1:32.518  + 1.016
 6.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  1:32.572  + 1.070
 7.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  1:32.594  + 1.092
 8.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    (B)  1:32.614  + 1.112
 9.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  1:32.734  + 1.232
10.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (B)  1:32.962  + 1.460
11.  Toni Elias        Ducati    (B)  1:32.983  + 1.481
12.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  1:33.017  + 1.515
13.  Sylvain Guintoli  Ducati    (B)  1:33.352  + 1.850
14.  John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B)  1:33.681  + 2.179
15.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (B)  1:33.767  + 2.265
16.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     (B)  1:33.848  + 2.346
17.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  1:33.879  + 2.377
18.  Marco Melandri    Ducati    (B)  1:34.174  + 2.672