Casey Stoner
In the qualifying session today ahead of tomorrows San Marino MotoGP, Casey Stoner took his seventh consecutive pole position for the Marlboro Ducati team.
Valentino Rossi, on the Fiat Yamaha in second and his team-mate, Spanish rider, Jorge Lorenzo, was right behind him to take his place back on the front row of the grid, after a season marred with injury.
The three top riders battled it out on track, swapping the lead several times until Stoner set a time of 1:33.378 with only two minutes of the session remaining.
Randy de Puniet on the Honda LCR was fourth fastest to start the second row of the grid alongside Toni Elias on the Alice Ducati and Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda.
Rizla Suzuki rider, Chris Vermeulen, set the seventh fastest time ahead of Shinya Nikano on the Honda Gresini followed by both Tech 3 Yamaha riders, James Toseland and Colin Edwards.
Loris Capirossi, on the second Rizla Suzuki, finished down in eleventh place after having problems with set up and then getting caught up in traffic.
John Hopkins could only manage seventeenth place today after missing out on Friday practice after aggravating a rib injury. His team-mate, Anthony West is right behind him in eighteenth position with both riders struggling with the set up of their bikes.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:33.378 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:33.888 + 0.510 3. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:33.964 + 0.586 4. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:34.236 + 0.858 5. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:34.322 + 0.944 6. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:34.398 + 1.020 7. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:34.461 + 1.083 8. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:34.494 + 1.116 9. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:34.652 + 1.274 10. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:34.795 + 1.417 11. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:34.926 + 1.548 12. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:34.961 + 1.583 13. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:35.153 + 1.775 14. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:35.381 + 2.003 15. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:35.418 + 2.040 16. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:35.584 + 2.206 17. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:35.980 + 2.602 18. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:37.047 + 3.669
250cc Qualifying
Hector Barbera on the Aprilia took pole position today followed by Marco Simoncelli on the Gilera ahead of tomorrows Grand Prix in Misano.
The Championship leader, Simoncelli, managed to get within eight hundredths of a second of the time set by Barbera on his final lap.
Aleix Espargaro was third fastest followed by Yuki Takahashi on the Honda to complete the front row of the grid.
KTM rider, Hiroshi Aoyama, starts the second row of the grid followed by Aprilia rider, Thomas Luthi in sixth and the second KTM ridden by Julian Simon in seventh.
Hector Faubel finished in eighth place ahead of Mattia Pasini in ninth and Mika Kallio in tenth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:38.047 2. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:38.124 + 0.077 3. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:38.813 + 0.766 4. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:38.822 + 0.775 5. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:38.869 + 0.822 6. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:38.961 + 0.914 7. Julian Simon KTM 1:39.009 + 0.962 8. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:39.058 + 1.011 9. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:39.130 + 1.083 10. Mika Kallio KTM 1:39.165 + 1.118 11. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:39.217 + 1.170 12. Alex Debon Aprilia 1:39.402 + 1.355 13. Lukas Pesek Aprilia 1:39.749 + 1.702 14. Roberto Locatelli Gilera 1:39.828 + 1.781 15. Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 1:39.875 + 1.828 16. Fabrizio Lai Gilera 1:39.963 + 1.916 17. Eugene Laverty Aprilia 1:40.317 + 2.270 18. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:40.360 + 2.313 19. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:40.732 + 2.685 20. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:41.205 + 3.158 21. Manuel Hernandez Aprilia 1:41.513 + 3.466 22. Toni Wirsing Honda 1:42.620 + 4.573 23. Simone Grotzki Giorgi Gilera 1:42.756 + 4.709 24. Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 1:42.992 + 4.945 25. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:43.841 + 5.794 26. Alen Gyorfi Honda 1:46.446 + 8.399
125cc
Gabor Talmacsi on the Aprilia took his third consecutive pole position today after improving on his provisional pole set yesterday.
Britons, ‘Ginger Ninja’, Bradley Smith, took second only two-tenths of a second slower than Talmacsi, followed by the Derbi rider, Pol Espargaro in third.
Scott Redding is in fourth place to complete the front row of the grid, he was second fastest in the first qualifying session but was unable to improve in the second, moving him down the grid.
Simone Corsi starts the second row of the grid followed by Mike di Meglio in sixth and Sandro Cortese in seventh place.
Marc Marquez will start from eighth on the grid ahead of Nicolas Terol in ninth and Joan Olive in tenth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:43.729 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:43.920 + 0.191 3. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:44.334 + 0.605 4. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:44.339 + 0.610 5. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:44.450 + 0.721 6. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:44.543 + 0.814 7. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:44.555 + 0.826 8. Marc Marquez KTM 1:44.668 + 0.939 9. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:44.706 + 0.977 10. Joan Olive Derbi 1:44.821 + 1.092 11. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:44.840 + 1.111 12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:45.033 + 1.304 13. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:45.082 + 1.353 14. Dominique Agerter Derbi 1:45.119 + 1.390 15. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:45.324 + 1.595 16. Riccardo Moretti Honda 1:45.370 + 1.641 17. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:45.394 + 1.665 18. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:45.418 + 1.689 19. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:45.539 + 1.810 20. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:45.566 + 1.837 21. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:45.607 + 1.878 22. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:45.641 + 1.912 23. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:46.017 + 2.288 24. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:46.099 + 2.370 25. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:46.136 + 2.407 26. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:46.278 + 2.549 27. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:46.310 + 2.581 28. Jonas Folger KTM 1:46.341 + 2.612 29. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:46.410 + 2.681 30. Gennaro Sabatino Aprilia 1:46.500 + 2.771 31. Gabriele Ferro Honda 1:46.559 + 2.830 32. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 1:46.670 + 2.941 33. Louis Rossi Honda 1:46.781 + 3.052 34. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:46.801 + 3.072 35. Adrian Martín Aprilia 1:47.023 + 3.294 36. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1:47.078 + 3.349 37. Randy Krummenacher KTM 1:47.100 + 3.371 38. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 1:47.863 + 4.134 39. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1:47.891 + 4.162
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