Moto GP

[Rev004]

Well Qualifying is over and as usual it's the regular suspects at the front end of the grid so lets see what the race brings tomorrow.

One question though what the hell is going on with those dam Suzukis gotta feel sorry for them being down at that end of the field.

So here is the report and results of The Final Qualifying and how they shaped up.

Rossi takes pole for Donington finale
Saturday, 25 July 2009

Italian to start British Grand Prix from head of MotoGP grid for first time since 2005.


Valentino Rossi took pole position number four of the 2009 season on Saturday afternoon with the fastest lap of MotoGP qualifying at Donington Park. The Fiat Yamaha riderâ€s time of 1â€28.116 gave him his first top spot for the British Grand Prix since 2005 –the last occasion in which he won at the Midlands track.

Rossi now has twice as many pole positions as he did for the entire 2008 season and, following his pole position last week in Germany, heads the qualifying timesheet for consecutive races for the first time since the beginning of 2007. His hot lap came at the end of the session in a frantic shootout, in which he sent Dani Pedrosa –the top man in both Free Practice sessions- packing by just under a tenth of a second.

Teammate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo was also hot on the Italianâ€s heels, placing third on the grid and maintaining his 100% record of front row starts in the current campaign. He relegated Ducati Marlboroâ€s Casey Stoner –who lowsided at Macleans for his second fall of the day- to the head of the second line by just 0.044.

Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards join Stoner on row two, riding for Repsol Honda and Monster Tech 3 Yamaha, respectively. Edwards†teammate and the only home rider in the premier class, James Toseland equaled his best qualifying performance of the year with ninth in the session.

In addition to Stonerâ€s fall, Scot Racing rider Gabor Talmacsi also came off his bike during the run-out.

BRITISH GRAND PRIX

MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap

1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'28.116 273.515
2 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'28.211 275.895 0.095
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'28.402 272.685 0.286
4 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'28.446 274.700 0.330
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'28.778 274.420 0.662
6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'28.865 273.515 0.749
7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'29.065 273.446 0.949
8 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'29.175 269.011 1.059
9 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'29.270 272.962 1.154
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'29.434 270.293 1.318
11 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'29.599 274.840 1.483
12 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'29.600 272.754 1.484
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'30.098 272.135 1.982
14 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'30.153 270.361 2.037
15 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'30.268 270.157 2.152
16 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'30.572 271.040 2.456
17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'31.193 268.208 3.077