San Marino MotoGP Qualifying Stoner wins pole

Misano - Casey Stoner continued good performance. After appearing as the fastest racer in the free practice III, now he successfully took pole position after being the fastest in the qualifying session.

At the session which took place at the Misano circuit on Saturday (03/09/2011) night, Stoner incised record time of 1:33.138 seconds. He successfully beat Jorge Lorenzo in second position with a gap of 0.120 seconds.

Being in third place was teammate Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, who left .180 seconds behind. Then the sequence is in position four and five was Ben Spies and Marco Simoncelli.

For Stoner, this is the eighth time he managed to occupy pole position this season.

These results confirm tub good performance throughout this weekend. Previously, he managed to become the fastest racer in the free practice session I and III, punctuated by Lorenzo on the second session.

San Marino MotoGP Qualifying Results

1. Casey Stoner (Honda) 1:33.138
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1:33.258 + 0120
3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:33.318 + 0180
4. Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1:33.947 + 0809
5. Marco Simoncelli (Gresini Honda) 1:33.990 + 0852
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:34.026 + 0888
7. Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1:34.054 + 0916
8. Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki) 1:34.360 + 1222
9. Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) 1:34.592 + 1454
10. Hiroshi Aoyama (Gresini Honda) 1:34.637 + 1499
11. Valentino Rossi (Ducati) 1:34.676 + 1538
12. Karel Abraham (Cardion Ducati) 1:34.727 + 1589
13. Cal Crutchlow (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1:34.791 + 1653
14. Randy de Puniet (Pramac Ducati) 1:34.870 + 1732
15. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1:34.955 + 1817
16. Loris Capirossi (Pramac Ducati) 1:35.502 + 2364
17. Toni Elias (LCR Honda) 1:36.167 + 3029



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