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Well it's going to be on with a very close qualifying for the 1st three and who else would you expect Stoner on Pole, Pedrosa and then Rossi to make up the front row. I still think Stoner is the man to beat but looking at the times It could be a battle of the top 3.

MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'35.520 297.193
2 2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'35.552 293.318 0.032
3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'35.659 290.869 0.139
4 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'35.975 293.000 0.455
5 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'35.985 281.616 0.465
6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 1'36.278 290.010 0.758
7 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'36.532 290.010 1.012
8 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'36.768 284.061 1.248
9 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'36.804 285.186 1.284
10 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 1'36.823 294.679 1.303
11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 1'36.899 284.435 1.379
12 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'36.948 282.279 1.428
13 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 1'36.978 285.638 1.458
14 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 1'37.287 294.037 1.767
15 21 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 1'37.643 287.157 2.123
16 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 1'37.793 290.244 2.273
17 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'38.726 293.000 3.206

Come on STONER GO MAN GO..

Hmm Ducati first and last - is Melandri riding a bike with only one cylinder?

Well what can we say Stoner is bloody good and even if Rossi had stayed on the bike Stoners lap times were still quicker but may have made Pedrosa fight a bit harder for 2nd as Rossi was just as quick.

Bugso what were you thinking when you said Rossi to DNF, well how close was that to the truth..and to top it off you would have been pretty close with the picks ( maybe not order ) if Hayden hadn't just about run out of fuel.

Well the Moment of Truth, here are the Results if we really need to look.

MotoGP Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 42'12.337 168.361
2 20 2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 42'23.647 167.612 11.310
3 16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 42'29.462 167.230 17.125
4 13 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda 42'32.814 167.010 20.477
5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 42'39.683 166.562 27.346
6 10 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 42'40.945 166.480 28.608
7 9 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 42'44.667 166.239 32.330
8 8 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 42'47.229 166.073 34.892
9 7 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 42'50.903 165.835 38.566
10 6 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 42'51.154 165.819 38.817
11 5 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 42'58.362 165.356 46.025
12 4 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 43'00.550 165.215 48.213
13 3 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 43'11.931 164.490 59.594

Not classified
13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 11'41.383 19 Lap

Not finished 1st lap
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda
15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda

And for those who are interested here are the point standings after todays round. Stoner is starting to close the Gap but he still has a long road ahead of him with him still 29 points behind the leader but we are only half way through the season so anything is possible....

MotoGP250cc125cc
Pos. Rider Nation Team Points
1 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team 171
2 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 167
3 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 142
4 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 114
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha 98
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP 79
7 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team 70
8 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 60
9 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 57
10 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 57
11 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 51
12 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team 33
13 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team 32
14 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 32
15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 25
16 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team 24
17 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 22
18 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team 16
19 Ben SPIES USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2
20 Tadayuki OKADA JPN Repsol Honda Team 2

Until the Next Round - I'm Gunning for Stoner to make it 3 in a row....
Next Round is the 13th of July at the Mighty Sachsenring in Germany closely followed by the US Round on 20th of July at Laguna Seca.

Hey Simmo how did you go with your tips for this round ?????

Hayden was probably showing off on the warm up lap and used 2ozs of fuel too much.
Poor bastard - how would you feel?

Got a crystal ball for sale if anyone interested, only slightly damaged. As a result of his crash Rossi bent the handle bars and lost his gearshift and still managed 3rd fastest lap of the race. (From BBC Sport page) Superbikes from Italy today, Top ten all Ducati's with the exception of Corser on Pole with his Yam

OI, OI, OI.

I ran out of fuel once on my first 250 so I felt sorry for Hayden, but got over it very quickly.