Buzzin MotoGP

Casey Stoner took pole position today on the Ducati Marlboro, ahead of tomorrows race, followed by Dani Pedrosa on the Honda and Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha to complete the front row.

The American Nicky Hayden is in fourth place on the Honda followed by LCR Honda rider Randy de Puniet and Yamaha rider Colin Edwards in sixth.

John Hopkins suffered an horrendous accident in qualifying, when he hit the barriers at high speed. He appeared not to be moving when carried away by medics but apparently regained conciousness and has suffered a broken right ankle and a fractured left tibia, he is unlikely to take any further part this weekend.

Here are the results;

Pos Rider               Team                     Time              Laps
 1. Casey Stoner        Ducati Marlboro Team     1:35.520           23
 2. Dani Pedrosa        Repsol Honda Team        1:35.552 + 0.032   28
 3. Valentino Rossi     Fiat Yamaha Team         1:35.659 + 0.139   29
 4. Nicky Hayden        Repsol Honda Team        1:35.975 + 0.455   25
 5. Randy de Puniet     LCR Honda MotoGP         1:35.985 + 0.465   28
 6. Colin Edwards       Tech 3 Yamaha            1:36.278 + 0.758   23
 7. Jorge Lorenzo       Fiat Yamaha Team         1:36.532 + 1.012   26
 8. Chris Vermeulen     Rizla Suzuki MotoGP      1:36.768 + 1.248   25
 9. Shinya Nakano       San Carlo Honda Gresini  1:36.804 + 1.284   25
10. Sylvain Guintoli    Alice Team               1:36.823 + 1.303   26
11. Andrea Dovizioso    JiR Team Scot MotoGP     1:36.899 + 1.379   22
12. Alex de Angelis     San Carlo Honda Gresini  1:36.948 + 1.428   24
13. James Toseland      Tech 3 Yamaha            1:36.978 + 1.458   26
14. Toni Elias          Alice Team               1:37.287 + 1.767   25
15. John Hopkins        Kawasaki Racing Team     1:37.643 + 2.123   20
16. Anthony West        Kawasaki Racing Team     1:37.793 + 2.273   26
17. Marco Melandri      Ducati Marlboro Team     1:38.726 + 3.206   25

250CC

Alvaro Bautista is in pole position for tomorrows 250cc Moto GP although fighting his bike in very windy conditions at the Dutch TT circuit.

Hector Barbera is in second place ahead of Marco Simoncelli in third and Alex Debon in fourth to complete the front row of the grid.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider               Team                       Time             Laps
 1.  Alvaro Bautista     Mapfre Aspar Team          1:39.592          21
 2.  Marco Simoncelli    Metis Gilera               1:39.854 + 0.262  21
 3.  Alex Debon          Lotus Aprilia              1:40.059 + 0.467  19
 4.  Hector Barbera      Team Toth Aprilia          1:40.441 + 0.849  20
 5.  Thomas Luthi        Emmi - Caffe Latte         1:40.588 + 0.996  22
 6.  Roberto Locatelli   Metis Gilera               1:40.759 + 1.167  19
 7.  Aleix Espargaro     Lotus Aprilia              1:40.788 + 1.196  22
 8.  Hiroshi Aoyama      Red Bull KTM 250           1:40.914 + 1.322  22
 9.  Mika Kallio         Red Bull KTM 250           1:40.935 + 1.343  20
10.  Mattia Pasini       Polaris World              1:40.936 + 1.344  22
11.  Hector Faubel       Mapfre Aspar Team          1:40.972 + 1.380  16
12.  Julian Simon        Repsol KTM 250cc           1:41.573 + 1.981  20
13.  Yuki Takahashi      JiR Team Scot 250          1:41.651 + 2.059  19
14.  Fabrizio Lai        Campetella Racing          1:41.721 + 2.129  19
15.  Ratthapark Wilairot Thai Honda PTT SAG         1:41.946 + 2.354  22
16.  Manuel Poggiali     Campetella Racing          1:42.095 + 2.503  18
17.  Alex Baldolini      Matteoni Racing            1:42.121 + 2.529  19
18.  Eugene Laverty      Blusens Aprilia            1:42.943 + 3.351  16
19.  Lukas Pesek         Auto Kelly - CP            1:43.254 + 3.662   6
20.  Imre Toth           Team Toth Aprilia          1:44.203 + 4.611  19
21.  Frederik Watz       Jaap Kingma Racing         1:44.481 + 4.889  16
22.  Russel Gomez        Blusens Aprilia            1:44.639 + 5.047  20
23.  Doni Tata Pradita   Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia 1:45.400 + 5.808  22

125CC

Simone Corsi took the pole position today on a damp track ahead of Britain’s Bradley Smith with Joan Olive and Mike di Meglio taking third and fourth place respectively.

Winner of the British Grand Prix Scott Redding is starting in sixth position behind Sandro Cortese.

Stefan Bradl finished in tenth position after having a dramatic high side with only two minutes of the session remaining, taking Lorenzo Zanetti with him.

Here are the results;

1. Corsi (Aprilia) 1min 45.533secs

2. Smith (Aprilia) +0.340secs

3. Olive (Derbi) +0.363secs

4. di Meglio (Derbi) +0.364secs

5. Cortese (Aprilia) +0.402secs

6. Redding (Aprilia) +0.495secs

7. de Rosa (KTM) +0.572secs

8. Terol (Aprilia) +0.606secs

9. Gadea (Aprilia) +0.785secs

10. Bradl (Aprilia) +0.796secs

Webb (Aprilia) DNS