In this mornings free practice, Colin Edwards on the Yamaha Tech-3 was the fastest man on the track followed by Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha. Once again Jorge Lorenzo come off his bike but seemed none the worse for his adventure.
Dani Pedrosa claimed his first pole position of the season today on the Repsol Honda with a time of 1:32.647 in the final minute of the session ahead of Colin Edwards on the Yamaha Tech-3.
Casey Stoner came in third fastest to complete the front row of the grid for tomorrows Le Mans Moto GP with Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha starting on the second row.
Rossi is joined by his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and the second Repsol Honda rider, Nicky Hayden in sixth. Chris Vermeulen starts the third row on the Rizla Suzuki alongside John Hopkins for Kawasaki Racing and James Toseland on the Yamaha Tech-3.
The fourth row consists of Andrea Dovizioso for the JiR Scot team with Loris Capirossi on the second Rizla Suzuki and Randy de Puniet on the LCR Honda.
There is only seven points between Dani Pedrosa who is leading the Moto GP Championship and Jorge Lorenzo the rookie rider of 2008, who done well to qualify where he did, but he’s still not looking comfortable out on track.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:32.647 2. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:32.774 + 0.127 3. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:32.994 + 0.347 4. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:33.157 + 0.510 5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:33.269 + 0.622 6. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:33.286 + 0.639 7. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:33.396 + 0.749 8. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:33.400 + 0.793 9. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:33.628 + 0.981 10. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:33.689 + 1.042 11. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:33.707 + 1.060 12. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:33.723 + 1.076 13. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:34.077 + 1.430 14. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:34.561 + 1.914 15. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:34.670 + 2.023 16. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:34.747 + 2.100 17. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:35.082 + 2.434 18. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:35.349 + 2.702
250cc
Alex Debon claimed the pole position on the Aprilia at the very last moment ahead of Alvaro Bautista for tomorrows French Grand Prix.
Italian rider Marco Simoncelli was in third place on the Gilera followed by another two Aprilia riders, Thomas Luthi and Mattia Pasini.
In sixth and seventh places were the two KTM riders Mika Kallio and Julian Simon respectively. Manuel Poggaili on the Gilera was in eighth with Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia in ninth and Hiroshi Aoyama in tenth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Alex Debon Aprilia 1:38.478 2. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:38.479 + 0.001 3. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:38.567 + 0.089 4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:38.648 + 0.170 5. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:38.788 + 0.310 6. Mika Kallio KTM 1:38.790 + 0.312 7. Julian Simon KTM 1:39.051 + 0.573 8. Manuel Poggiali Gilera 1:39.064 + 0.586 9. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:39.184 + 0.706 10. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:39.197 + 0.719 11. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:39.312 + 0.834 12. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:39.446 + 0.968 13. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:39.450 + 0.972 14. Fabrizio Lai Gilera 1:39.724 + 1.246 15. Lukas Pesek Aprilia 1:39.798 + 1.320 16. R.Wilairot Honda 1:39.924 + 1.446 17. R.Locatelli Gilera 1:40.171 + 1.693 18. Eugene Laverty Aprilia 1:40.325 + 1.847 19. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:40.455 + 1.977 20. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:40.595 + 2.117 21. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:40.605 + 2.127 22. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:41.365 + 2.887 23. Russell Gomez Aprilia 1:42.820 + 4.342 24. D.T.Pradita Yamaha 1:42.847 + 4.369 25. Chow Ho Wan Aprilia 1:45.655 + 7.177
125cc
Sergio Gadea took the pole position for the 125cc qualifying session today ahead of the British Bradley Smith, who was the only one of the front row riders to improve on yesterdays times.
In third and fourth places were Stefan Bradl and Simone Corsi followed by fifth place man Sandro Cortese. In sixth place was Mike de Maglio the first rider not to be on an Aprilia followed by Nicolas Terol and Gabor Talmacsi.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:43.515 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:43.540 + 0.025 3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:43.710 + 0.195 4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:43.711 + 0.196 5. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:43.811 + 0.296 6. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:43.956 + 0.441 7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:44.116 + 0.601 8. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:44.210 + 0.695 9. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:44.344 + 0.829 10. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:44.485 + 0.970 11. Joan Olive Derbi 1:44.532 + 1.017 12. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:44.793 + 1.278 13. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:44.852 + 1.337 14. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:44.864 + 1.349 15. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:44.874 + 1.359 16. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:44.893 + 1.378 17. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:44.945 + 1.430 18. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:45.006 + 1.491 19. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:45.152 + 1.637 20. Marc Marquez KTM 1:45.250 + 1.735 21. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:45.268 + 1.753 22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:45.273 + 1.758 23. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:45.361 + 1.846 24. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:45.454 + 1.939 25. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:45.541 + 2.026 26. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:45.864 + 2.349 27. D.Agerter Derbi 1:46.015 + 2.500 28. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:46.140 + 2.625 29. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:46.416 + 2.901 30. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:46.569 + 3.054 31. Steven Le Coquen Honda 1:46.645 + 3.130 32. Cyril Carrillo Honda 1:47.185 + 3.670 33. Robin Lässer Aprilia 1:47.259 + 3.744 34. Louis Rossi Honda 1:47.330 + 3.815 35. Gioele Pellino Loncin 1:47.371 + 3.856 36. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1:47.854 + 4.339 37. Valentin Debise KTM 1:48.298 + 4.783 38. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 1:50.021 + 6.506
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