Buzzin MotoGP

Colin Edwards is on pole position tomorrow for the Chinese MotoGP, after setting a course record of 1:58.139 beating Valentino Rossi by 0.355 seconds.

Casey Stoner took third place on the grid and amazingly, Jorge Lorenzo took fourth place despite a fractured left ankle and another near accident.

Lorenzo was out for an hour long session this morning ahead of the qualifying session, and the doctor who examined him said that his biggest challenge was not the fracture but managing the pain in his right leg which is very badly bruised after yesterdays accident.

The doctor said “The big problem I think is the right ankle, where there isn’t a fracture.  He has a little fracture in the left ankle, and I think we can overcome this problem because the riders are used to riding with physical injuries like this one.”

Lorenzo was seen being helped of his bike when he come into the pits as he could not manage to dismount by himself.

Dani Pedrosa claimed fifth position followed by Loris Capirossi in sixth and James Toseland in Seventh.  Toseland said “It’s  a really difficult track out here, especially because in the middle of corners you have to get your speed really right to get the second part really good.”

Chris Vermeulen was in eighth place ahead of Randy de Puniet and Nicky Hayden.  Hayden crashed coming into the back straight but fortunately was uninjured and got back on his bike and back to the pits.

Here are the results;

1. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 58.139 secs

2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 1min 58.494 secs

3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 58.591 secs

4. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 58.591 secs

5. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 58.855 secs

6. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 58.941 secs

7. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 59.254 secs

8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 59.325 secs

9. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 1min 59.357 secs

10. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 59.507 secs

11. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 1min 59.559 secs

12. Marco Milandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 59.678 secs

13. Shinya Nikano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 59.716 secs

14. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 59.740 secs

15. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 59.933 secs

16. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 2min 0.316 secs

17. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 2min 0.760 secs

18. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 0.838 secs

Fastest practice time:

Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (B) 1min 59.690secs (FP3)

 250cc

Alvaro Bautista claimed pole for the second time in the 250cc category, followed by his fellow Spaniard Hector Barbera.

Mika Kallio took third spot after coming off his bike in the remaining few seconds of the session, ahead of Julian Simon who took the final slot on the front row of the grid.

Here are the results;

1. Bautista (Aprilia)

2. Barbera (Aprilia) +0.435secs

3. Kallio (KTM) +0.520secs

4. Simon (KTM) +0.769secs

5. Simoncelli (Gilera) +0.842secs

6. Luthi (Aprilia) +0.971secs

7. Pasini (Aprilia) +1.237secs

8. Poggiali (Gilera) +1.310secs

9. Locatelli (Gilera) +1.334secs

10. Takahashi (Honda) +1.363secs

19. Laverty (Aprilia) +2.783secs

125cc 

Bradley Smith is on pole position again for the third time after holding back Nicholas Terol by 0.028 seconds today.

Mike di Meglio was in third, only half a second behind Terol,  followed by the reigning World Champion Gabor Talmacsi in fourth place.

Here are the results;

1. Smith (Aprilia)

2. Terol (Aprilia) +0.028secs

3. di Meglio (Derbi) +0.541secs

4. Talmacsi (Aprilia) +0.648secs

5. Iannone (Aprilia) +0.783secs

6. Olive (Derbi) +0.785secs

7. Espargaro (Derbi) +0.809secs

8. Bradl (Aprilia) +0.820secs

9. Gadea (Aprilia) +0.898secs

10. Webb (Aprilia) +0.971secs