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 +

A red car has won this year carried 500 miles by Dario Franchitti, a motorcycle of the same color has commanded the first MotoGP practice session at Indianapolis. This is the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 of Casey Stoner in one of his last appearances with the Borgo Panigale, but legitimizing the best contract offers itself as a leader in the second American trip in the world. Three times under the wall dell’1’41 “best reference final lap in 1’40″ 884 22 laps along well, a lot compared to its usual standards.

Good sign for the 2007 World Champion who has promised a victory before moving to Ducati / Honda to return next season, trying to beat “Ironman” Jorge Lorenzo in second place already paying a little more than 2 / 10 in comparison stopwatch unable dell’1’41 to beat the wall. “ From his second script, is the “race pace” for a few laps approached by Stoner and, early in the session, including Ben Spies, only to fly to the ground in the last minute to turn 13 in one of his fastest laps (it was below 31 milliseconds to T1) losing ground in the standings (8 th after being in the head).

And Valentino Rossi? Only the last staff around the “save” from a position in the standings otherwise problematic fifth, but recovered by 7 / 10, traveling to all 60 minutes of the session with a (minimum) at a disadvantage compared to the leading drivers. In contrast to Stoner, the long pauses and gestures seem to leave the pits not bode well for this first weekend after the announcement of his move to Ducati, also seeing the comparison with other competitive Yamaha, Colin Edwards see a renewed the sixth time.

Despite a fall in assets, hitting back with my left hand aching since Brno, Nicky Hayden feels the air of home wins and the 3rd time on a circuit where he finished on the podium in both 2008 (2 °) than in 2009 (3 °, the first podium with Ducati). Among the top 10 also included Andrea Dovizioso with the seventh time, Aleix Espargaro surprising with the 9th time trial, leaving behind the Honda Gresini pair in the order made by Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli. Alvaro Bautista, 14 °, is the first of the Suzuki riders just ahead of team-mate Loris Capirossi to return back Hiroshi Aoyama and Randy De Puniet still not the best, fully justified the disadvantage of 2 “one from the top.

MotoGP World Championship 2010
Indianapolis Free Practice 1 Rank

01 – Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1’40 .884
02 – Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0225 +
03 – Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 0521 +
04 – Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0537 +
05 – Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0739 +
06 – Colin Edwards – Tech 3 Yamaha Monster – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0780 +
07 – Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 0799 +
08 – Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – 0838 +
09 – Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1108 +
10 – Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1263 +
11 – Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – 1384 +
12 – Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1484 +
13 – Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1716 +
14 – Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1812 +
15 – Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki – Suzuki GSV-R – 1906 +
16 – Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda – Honda RC212V – 1990 +
17 – Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda – Honda RC212V – 2103 +