Casey Stoner with a way for a World Champion as Jorge Lorenzo was impossible to try to beat him today in qualifying at Phillip Island official. In the race for the pole the Yamaha rider could only settle for second best time in Australia’s six tenths off pole, trying to get it right, finding a good compromise in the best way to continue an extraordinary season by winning in 6 days the world title.

“I am happy with my race pace and here is something new for me because I never went well here in MotoGP, “says Jorge Lorenzo. “I think we did a good job, especially taking into account climatic conditions.

Obviously I wanted the pole position, but the rain and Stoner not allowed me to reach this goal: Casey in particular, it is fast. However, we have the second half and this is not bad, I have a lot of confidence after last weekend when I won the championship.

Hopefully the weather is the same as today or maybe even better, there is just the rain with these conditions, however, is very risky to run, there is very cold and windy and sometimes it was hard to stay in the saddle. In any case, expect to see what happens tomorrow, I am ready and I just want to have fun. “

For just 16 thousandths Marco Simoncelli was close today, the first row in the grid of the MotoGP at Phillip Island. A qualification encouraging for the Gresini team rider who has always gone well in Australia, winning the last two editions of the GP reserved for 250cc, showing fast even with the Honda RC212V MotoGP.

“I’m really happy because it has a few Grand Prix were following the second row and today I did for a while and even I could conquer the first! I am happy although I must admit that Spies in front of me, perhaps, is slightly faster. In any case, that’s fine so we did a good improvement from this morning and now we have to think about the race.

In conclusion Marco Simoncelli speaks of the wind and a tornado … or Casey Stoner, who has seen him turn a close today in official qualifying.

“Unfortunately the wind was quite annoying and I was in trouble especially when I was in my lap in front of Stoner and I honestly could not understand how she could go so hard. “

He wanted the front row but the fourth time in qualifying Alcaniz is not a result to be discarded for the race tomorrow to Nicky Hayden. Quick all weekend with his Ducati Desmosedici, Ducati rider feels confident and ready to achieve a positive result for the whole team.

“Overall I can say that was a good day, “says Hayden. “We had two dry practice sessions where we managed to improve the bike. Points to the first row, but we are still far away, we must be satisfied because the team is working very well so that me and Casey are in the first four. ”

Before thinking about the race the 2006 World Champion has shown a little background on preparing for this Grand Prix of Aragon.

“With the simulator we have in Ducati reference was provided lap of 1’49″ and a pole was 1’48 “9: unbelievable, it means that the company is working very well by each of the tasks to perfection! Tomorrow I hope to repay them with a good result we want at this time. “

End of a long fast. After 12 races Casey Stoner back in pole position, a result that he lacked even the onset of the season in Qatar facing a difficult championship, to be forgotten, pending transition of its change of brand for 2011. With his Ducati Desmosedici GP10 has been found well to Motorland Aragon: best time in the wet yesterday afternoon, just this morning in optimal climatic conditions. The next step was the pole position this time has not escaped Iridium 2007, to reach a lap of 1’48 “942 like a thunderclap in the fighting ending of formal qualifications.

At the 20th career pole in MotoGP, Stoner trimmed to 3 / 10 Jorge Lorenzo, left to watch … especially the last (fast) sector where Casey made the difference. The leader of the world has recovered from a difficult morning, leaving behind Dani Pedrosa also, this time for his mistake on the last lap useful when it came off after a strong reference in the first two best lap of the circuit of Alcaniz. Okay for the driver of the Honda (and will remain for the next two years alongside his Stoner), especially considering the pace established in the practice sessions.

The challenge will be wide open with some uncertainty about the weather and the role of Valentino Rossi, 7th on the grid equaling worst result of the season at Indianapolis. A real “shot back” allowed him to gain half a second on his last lap certainty of finding the entire third row also tricolor with Andrea Dovizioso and Marco Simoncelli, but still behind Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Randy found a De Puniet from 4th to 6th on the grid.

Complete the top ten Hector Barbera, Alvaro Bautista can not do better than the 12th time with the only deployed Suzuki, Marco Melandri after tests in the wet to say the least convincing is found only at 14 ° in an unrecognizable Hiroshi Aoyama and Mika Kallio , 2 “from the top 5. For them it is ready the rain dance.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Motorland Aragon Qualifying Standings

01 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1’48 .942
02 – Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0309 +
03 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0401 +
04 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 0564 +
05 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0623 +
06 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda – Honda RC212V – 1010 +
07 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1075 +
08 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1104 +
09 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1146 +
10 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1381 +
11 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1498 +
12 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1581 +
13 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1595 +
14 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1638 +
15 – Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda – Honda RC212V – 1894 +
16 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 2548 +

In the dating game (4 teams in the top 8 positions in sequence with their pilots) Champion Dani Pedrosa, absolute ruler in Misano Adriatico. Appropriate term to describe the outcome of the first practice session of the Grand Prix of San Marino and Riviera di Rimini, where the three-time World Champion has left everyone at least 6 / 10, over a single lap, but on race pace . Approaching the good track record Pedrosa, close to confirmation HRC has traveled under constant wall dell’1’35 “with opponents engaged in understanding how we can yield similar to the recent winner of Indianapolis.

The “news” is that Honda has started the weekend well not happen as long, as thick and reluctantly to the Repsol garage the weekend began investigating devices to marry the best characteristics of the circuit with the RC212V. The confirmation comes from a tremendous Pedrosa but also by Andrea Dovizioso who finds himself in second place, even paying the canons 6 / 10 by teammate despite an appreciable recovery in the final session.

The dating game then proposes the two Repsol Honda the top two, followed by the Fiat Yamaha, the Tech 3 Yamaha and Ducati officers to complete training very homogeneous. Jorge Lorenzo is therefore 3 ° 6 / 10 from Pedrosa, while paying 0 “7 Valentino Rossi, as happens too often in the last period with a substantial handicap to recover.

All work to recover this gap even if the box can be satisfied Tech 3, 5 and 6th time of Colin Edwards and Ben Spies (winner last year at Misano Superbike Race 1 between), even before the official Ducati Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner his usual alternating many laps and long briefing with their technical staff. Good news for Marco Melandri and Loris Capirossi in the early 13 th 10 with Marco Simoncelli: Misano all point to a race of pride and players.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Misano Adriatico, Rank Free Practice 1

01 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’34 .772
02 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0612 +
03 – Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0672 +
04 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0767 +
05 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1062 +
06 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1120 +
07 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1256 +
08 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1300 +
09 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1354 +
10 – Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1505 +
11 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1521 +
12 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda – Honda RC212V – 1682 +
13 – Marco Simoncelli, – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1761 +
14 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1944 +
15 – Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda – Honda RC212V – 2229 +
16 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 2925 +
17 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 3128 +