Casey Stoner on the Ducati Marlboro, took pole position in qualifying today ahead of tomorrow’s German MotoGP, with a lap time of 1:21.067.
Dani Pedrosa, the Repsol Honda rider, took second on his final lap snatching it from third place man Colin Edwards on the Yamaha.
Two rookies in fourth and fifth place, Andrea Dovizioso on the JiR Honda and Jorge Lorenzo on the Fiat Yamaha followed by Randy de Puniet to complete the second row of the grid for the LCR Honda team.
It was a terrible qualifying session for Valentino Rossi on the second Fiat Yamaha as he struggled with his front tyre, leaving him to start the third row of the grid in seventh place.
Britain’s James Toseland, on his first ever visit to the Sachsenring circuit, quallified in eleventh place on the Yamaha.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:21.067 2. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:21.420 + 0.353 3. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:21.519 + 0.452 4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:21.656 + 0.589 5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:21.795 + 0.728 6. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:21.821 + 0.754 7. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:21.845 + 0.778 8. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:21.876 + 0.809 9. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:21.876 + 0.853 10. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:21.977 + 0.910 11. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:22.126 + 1.059 12. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:22.256 + 1.189 13. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:22.542 + 1.475 14. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:22.601 + 1.534 15. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:22.938 + 1.871 16. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:23.131 + 2.064 17. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:23.158 + 2.091
250CC
Marco Simoncelli took pole position today ahead of tomorrow’s 250cc MotoGP on the Gilera after topping the time sheets yesterday.
Julian Simon took the second place on the grid only two-hundreths of a second ahead of Hector Barbera. Simon crashed his machine with only two minutes of the session remaining.
Mika Kallio, the Championship leader, was in fourth place to complete the front row of the grid. Just after the time had ended, Ratthapark Wilairot tried to overtake Kallio and crashed into him.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:23.399 2. Julian Simon KTM 1:24.057 + 0.658 3. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:24.077 + 0.678 4. Mika Kallio KTM 1:24.084 + 0.685 5. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:24.253 + 0.854 6. Alex Debon Aprilia 1:24.398 + 0.999 7. Fabrizio Lai Gilera 1:24.460 + 1.061 8. Roberto Locatelli Gilera 1:24.502 + 1.103 9. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:24.544 + 1.145 10. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:24.652 + 1.253 11. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:24.709 + 1.310 12. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:24.785 + 1.386 13. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:24.797 + 1.398 14. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:24.811 + 1.412 15. Lukas Pesek Aprilia 1:24.847 + 1.448 16. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:24.865 + 1.466 17. Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 1:25.331 + 1.932 18. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:25.492 + 2.093 19. Eugene Laverty Aprilia 1:25.840 + 2.441 20. Manuel Poggiali Gilera 1:25.889 + 2.490 21. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:26.197 + 2.798 22. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:26.862 + 3.463 23. Russell Gomez Aprilia 1:27.291 + 3.892 24. Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 1:27.388 + 3.989 25. Toni Wirsing Honda 1:27.836 + 4.437 26. Alen Gyorfi Honda 1:29.134 + 5.735 27. Chow Ho Wan Aprilia 1:30.068 + 6.669
125CC
Gabor Talmacsi, the reigning champion, took pole postion today ahead of Britain’s Bradley Smith on a damp Sachsenring circuit this morning.
Stefan Bradl took third position followed by Simone Corsi in fourth place to complete the front row of the grid ahead of tomorrow’s German MotoGP.
Joan Olive started the second row of the grid ahead of Mike Di Meglio in sixth, Tomoyoshi Koyama in seventh and Raffaele de Rosa in eighth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:27.552 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:27.645 + 0.093 3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:27.921 + 0.369 4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:28.038 + 0.486 5. Joan Olive Derbi 1:28.045 + 0.493 6. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:28.123 + 0.571 7. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:28.363 + 0.811 8. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:28.410 + 0.858 9. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:28.465 + 0.913 10. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:28.499 + 0.947 11. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:28.535 + 0.983 12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:28.559 + 1.007 13. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:28.572 + 1.020 14. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:28.622 + 1.070 15. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:28.702 + 1.150 16. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:28.732 + 1.180 17. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:28.754 + 1.202 18. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:28.759 + 1.207 19. Marc Marquez KTM 1:28.831 + 1.279 20. Marcel Schrotter Aprilia 1:28.852 + 1.300 21. D.Agerter Derbi 1:28.870 + 1.318 22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:28.935 + 1.383 23. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:28.944 + 1.392 24. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:28.964 + 1.412 25. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:29.007 + 1.455 26. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:29.231 + 1.679 27. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:29.232 + 1.680 28. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:29.307 + 1.755 29. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:29.308 + 1.756 30. Marvin Fritz Seel 1:29.552 + 2.000 31. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:29.618 + 2.066 32. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:29.638 + 2.086 33. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:29.821 + 2.269 34. S.Kreuziger Honda 1:30.074 + 2.522 35. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 1:30.739 + 3.187 36. Eric Hubsch Aprilia 1:30.947 + 3.395 37. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 1:30.971 + 3.419 38. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 1:30.983 + 3.431 39. Louis Rossi Honda 1:31.308 + 3.756
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