Fighting on the edge for winning the pole position at Brno Automotodrom Returning from the (short) summer break, the main players in the top class were found encased in comparison to a handful of milliseconds: 113 to be exact, enough to Dani Pedrosa to mock agitated in a final session, the reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. At the first pole position of the season (strange to say for a single lap specialist like him well in his career achieved 36 pole, just half in the top class), Pedrosa has stopped the clock sull’1’56 “591 without the stress’ unapproachable step-by-race shown yesterday.

The three-time world champion, already victorious in Brno 125cc (2003) and 250 (2005) with three podium finishes to the Masaryk Circuit in five editions of the Grand Prix of Republic of MotoGP, the reference is still in prospect for tomorrow’s race ( off as usual at 14:00) which will start in the front row alongside, as well as Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, also from the third to 0 “269 trying to fix those problems yesterday rediscounted riding his factory Honda RC212V.

With the trio used to monopolize the front row and podium finishes this season, there is little room for Ben Spies, fourth and not the best physical condition, but still ahead of Marco Simoncelli (5 °) and Valentino Rossi , who with a real “twist” at the end managed to get on the second row with the sixth fastest time by filing the gap to 7 tithing, best qualifying this season and his adventure with Ducati. There is no room for any kind of illusions, because the situation remains problematic to the red boxes: no way, but they show some small signs of recovery over a single lap at least as evidenced by the 9 th lap Nicky Hayden , over the weekend forced to navigate in the rear with the “old” GP11 (the “Step 1″ will try it until Monday in the post-race test day).

Among the disappointed of these tests include Andrea Dovizioso, 7 °, as Loris Capirossi that goes beyond the 16 th performance in front of Karel Abraham, who fell at the end of the session, in two separate occasions inadvertently emulated even by Randy De Puniet and Cal Crutchlow. Saturday to forget for Suzuki with Alvaro Bautista Friday 14 ° after a convincing KO following the flight this morning instead of John Hopkins : a broken finger on his right hand, farewell weekend action with a view to avoid compromising the title race in the British Superbike.

MotoGP World Championship 2011
Brno Qualifying Standings

01 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’56 .591
02 – Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0113
03 – Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0269 +
04 – Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0587 +
05 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 0760 +
06 – Valentino Rossi – Team Ducati – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.1 – + 0776
07 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0851 +
08 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1085
09 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1130 +
10 – Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1193
11 – Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1206
12 – Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – 1654 +
13 – Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1682 +
14 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1683 +
15 – Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 2298 +
16 – Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 2347 +
17 – Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 2355 +

Marco Simoncelli in Barcelona won the first pole position of his career in MotoGP in the “field” in the most hostile and most difficult moment of his militancy in the top class. Escorted to the pits, with the finger pointing by all for the crime of Le Mans, the 2008 world champion in the 250cc class has managed to beat, albeit for only 16 milliseconds, a Casey Stoner seemed unattainable.

Jumped to the lead 40 seconds before the checkered flag with a fast lap in 1’42 “413, he surprised everyone by starting their Australian driver, who was unable to respond in a timely manner to achieve this performance for the fourth pole position of the season. Now for “Sic” comes to realize in the race as they say, the time of maturity. On lap has no such problems, relegating to second and third places as two world champions Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo, at his side in the front row.

Ben Spies will open the second one, for only 7 thousandths ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (5 °), 4 / 10 better than Cal Crutchlow who continues to surprise with the only Tech 3 Yamaha race accomplice in the fractured right clavicle Colin Edwards (operated in the morning, aims to return to Silverstone). The former Supersport world champion has made ​​a fool for 21 thousandths of Valentino Rossi , seventh in the standings with the best Ducati fitted with the new engine (two punches, already 5 in total available in 6 second rule for a whole season).

The “Doctor” contains the gap to 8 / 10, the same disadvantage (only 0 “005 between the two) of his team-mate Nicky Hayden with Alvaro Bautista little off, better than Hector Barbera, Hiroshi Aoyama, Randy De Puniet and Loris Capirossi not gone beyond the 13th position. Complete the grid Toni Elias (with the frame 2011 for his Honda RC212V) and Karel Abraham, who died in early tests with a sore left wrist, not the best for the race scheduled for tomorrow from 14:00.

MotoGP World Championship 2011
Barcelona, ​​Qualifying Standings

01 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1’42 .413
2002 – Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0016 +
03 – Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0315 +
04 – Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0329 +
05 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0336 +
06 – Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0789 +
07 – Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 0810 +
08 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 0815 +
09 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – 1034 +
10 – Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1243 +
11 – Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1321 +
12 – Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1351 +
13 – Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 1655 +
14 – Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – 2097 +
15 – Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – 3248 +

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. “

Despite some news leaked out in Spain in the last 24 hours, Dani Pedrosa should not be at the start this weekend at the Grand Prix in Sepang.

According to the latest rumors Dani Pedrosa, in agreement with the team, decided to wait before returning to riding his Honda RC212V, delaying the return to Phillip Island.

The confirmation also comes from the profile (official) “Repsol Box“on Facebook, an official sponsor in the MotoGP HRC:”Después de estudiar y con el equipo analyze this, Dani Tomado a última hora de no decision Viaje a Malasia. Ahora toca trabajar para estar mejor posible en Asutralia him, Dani mind!“.

Or “After talking with the team, Dani all’ultim’ora made the decision not to go to Sepang, but will do everything possible to race in Australia. “

In the event a Jorge Lorenzo 6 points will be enough to graduate this weekend’s MotoGP World Champion 2010: A modest 9th place.

MotoGP discovers Motorland Aragon, but the state of grace of Dani Pedrosa. Two consecutive victories assets between Indianapolis and Misano Adriatico, super start Alcaniz where he also traveled in the first practice session under the wall dell’1’51 “arriving at a best time of 1’50″ 506, then approached by a 1’50 “682 clear sign that the pace is not hard to find the official HRC rider yet for the next two years.

Pedrosa has created a vacuum in a circuit known last July with a Honda CBR1000RR road, pulling the novel pair of 4 / 10 consisting of Nicky Hayden (2 ° to + 0 “411) and Jorge Lorenzo (3 ° to + 0 “422). The main difference the three-time World Champion with his Honda RC212V can do in the last two curves in areas that combine sequence and the long straight, where special problems without traveling over 320 km / h.

Hayden and Lorenzo managed to limit the damage in the final minutes of the session, certainly not Valentino Rossi on track last week at Alcaniz with a Yamaha R1, now in a “second from the top seeing preceded by his illustrious predecessor Ducati Casey Stoner fourth, and Marco Simoncelli 5 ° as well as the best drivers on the track without any reference to Motorland Aragon.

Rossi postings that take on texture, with Hector Barbera seventh rule by none other than Andrea Dovizioso future still uncertain and the two Tech 3 riders arm in arm, with Colin Edwards 9th followed by Ben Spies. Marco Melandri for the eleventh position, Aleix Espargaro a fall on cold tires (yet?) the dynamics very clear with the highside at turn 2: no physical problem so to conclude with the 14th time this afternoon hoping to improve in second session in a renewed program of the MotoGP in Aragon.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Motorland Aragon Rank Free Practice 1

01 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’50 .506
02 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 0411 +
03 – Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0422 +
04 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 0689 +
05 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1262 +
06 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1263
07 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1286 +
08 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1339 +
09 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1521 +
10 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1635 +
11 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1815 +
12 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda – Honda RC212V – 1834 +
13 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 2,246 +
14 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 2316 +
15 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 2684 +
16 – Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda – Honda RC212V – 3006 +

Solution to the spectacular failure of MotoGP? Promoting the skills to compete and vice versa. Even in Misano Adriatico hunting from pole has reserved final 10 minutes of the session and exciting, especially the last attempt explosion of “red helmets for Rossi, Lorenzo and especially Dani Pedrosa, fourth pole position of the season (35th in MotoGP 17 MotoGP) in two separate occasions, even managing to stop the clock sull’1’33 “948, split the vintage. Making a difference especially in T4 by the “Wagon” to the pit straight, the three-time world champion has tamed his Honda RC212V to the pole a valuable reassembling the group from “Fantastic 4″ MotoGP.

Pedrosa, but to follow Lorenzo, Stoner and Rossi. All there with uncertainties in anticipation of the race on pace (Pedrosa and Lorenzo not far), choice of tires (all with the “soft”, only Rossi very active with the “hard”), made the bike for a race that Misano is difficult prospect. Not like in Indianapolis, at least for Jorge Lorenzo who wants to put a spoke in the wheels to prevent his fellow classical feel of childbirth, I and go on the run.

Attempt to insert in the collision for Casey Stoner, the third with a slip of the assets of the curve “Rio”, but can bring the Ducati Desmosedici in the front row at the expense of Valentino Rossi, from the choice in contrast with regard to tires, by the excellent growth more than it can highlight the lap and continued to be recovered than half a second pair of heads.

No surprise to find Ben Spies in the fifth position, a well-deserved applause for Randy De Puniet who basically 6 weeks from injury at the Sachsenring is sixth on the grid with the Honda LCR team. As often happens Andrea Dovizioso has lost the right train “in qualifying, only eighth after good practice, before the order to Marco Simoncelli, Marco Melandri and Loris Capirossi Suzuki pays 1″ 1 from the peak to a grille starting compact, but that race can hardly surprises with the usual suspects up front.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Misano Adriatico, Qualifying Standings

01 – Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’33 .948
02 – Jorge Lorenzo – Team Fiat Yamaha – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0308 +
03 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 0449 +
04 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0522 +
05 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0524 +
06 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda – Honda RC212V – 0803 +
07 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0834 +
08 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0878 +
09 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 0986 +
10 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1070 +
11 – Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1148 +
12 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1311 +
13 – Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda – Honda RC212V – 1338 +
14 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1355 +
15 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1490 +
16 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1681 +
17 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1776 +

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 +

All down to earth. Marco Simoncelli, Hector Barbera, Nicky Hayden, but especially in the decisive final five minutes of qualifying at Brno two official Yamaha: Jorge Lorenzo at the first turn 11 in height (with the bike almost to bypass the barriers), shortly after Valentino Rossi loses before the last variant thus compromising the trials. No error and award the following for Dani Pedrosa, the 34th career pole in the World Championship (third season after Jerez and Mugello), managing to beat with a perfect lap … Ben Spies!

Truly a spectacular qualifying session with hyper-raids at the top of Rossi, Lorenzo, until you reach the final confrontation between Pedrosa and Spies. The three-times world champion between 250 and 125 remained among the world’s fastest single lap, exploiting the characteristics of his Honda RC212V tenth essential to gaining that precede Ben Spies, another master of the pole (11 to 14 last year in Superbike … ), worthy of the grid at the expense of Fiat Yamaha riders.

Jorge Lorenzo has recovered little more than Valentino Rossi with no physical consequences, both to complain publicly with himself for the mistake. Grid therefore difficult to forecast in the first two files: Spies in front of Pedrosa and Lorenzo, followed by Casey Stoner (recovering only in the final step but with a non-existent for the race), Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso who pays just 609 thousandths from poleman and companion team.

As mentioned also flew to the ground Marco Simoncelli (climbed to 12 on the grid) and Nicky Hayden, with the latter suffered a blow to his left hand. Hopefully nothing serious for a grid already reduced to 16 points after the exclusion of Alvaro Bautista, who fell miserably this morning, leaving only the task of bringing Loris Capirossi Suzuki in the top ten. Out of this goal by Marco Melandri (14th) and Alex De Angelis, 15 ° front Aleix Espargaro inexplicably back. Appreciable recovery of Randy De Puniet, 11th on the grid when 27 days ago had remedied the fracture of tibia and fibula of his left leg.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Brno Qualifying Standings

01 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’56 .508
02 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0338 +
03 – Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0357 +
04 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 0360 +
05 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0551 +
06 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0609 +
07 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0714 +
08 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1127 +
09 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1452 +
10 – Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1473 +
11 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda – Honda RC212V – 1581 +
12 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1661 +
13 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1674 +
14 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1922 +
15 – Alex De Angelis – Interwetten Honda – Honda RC212V – 2014 +
16 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 2192 +

Without having to go for the first time in three years, a summer to recover from injuries, Dani Pedrosa was presented at Brno in the best physical shape. The proof comes from his performance in the first test session in Brno, the second time while paying a lot (0 “5) by Jorge Lorenzo, but finding immediately the feeling, guided bike and circuit.

“I must say that I immediately found a good rhythm, was also quite easy to succeed in reaccustom the bike after the holiday,” said Pedrosa. “Everything went smoothly in this session was a really good start for us with only regret about the break in the final because of rain. With the bike I had a good feeling, but it started raining and I had to return to the pits. ”

For tomorrow, hoping for good weather, Dani Pedrosa has clear ideas about where to make some small adjustment in the development of his Honda RC212V.

“Unfortunately today we could not complete the work program in advance. There remains to verify all the solutions brought by Bridgestone tires, but I do not think a big problem. We must continue so sector by sector to have a good setup, but so far seems to have taken the right direction. ”

After constantly updated fans on their progress after the accident remedied in Warm Up Silverstone (fracture of T12 vertebra), Hiroshi Aoyama is preparing to get back on track. Interwetten Honda team announced Monday that the reigning World Champion in the 250cc class will test the Honda RC212V at Brno in the post-race test day, with the clear objective to verify the physical condition to run the Indianapolis Grand Prix, two races earlier than expected.

“I feel good and are happy with the progress noted in the last two weeks, “says Hiro. “Yesterday, the latest X-rays, according to my doctor, showed that the fracture healing process is good, I can move my arms and legs as before the accident.

I must be careful only with the back, but now I can go cycling, gym, swimming pool … I can not wait to go back to riding my bike, after the Brno test with the team will decide whether to run or less in Indianapolis” .

Daniel Epp, owner Interwetten Honda, confirmed the decision will be taken only on Monday afternoon at the end of the test: if not run again Alex De Angelis Indianapolis circuit where last year he claimed second place in the race.