News : Qualifying MotoGP San Marino 2011, Stoner wins pole

Casey Stoner continued good performance. After appearing as the fastest racer in the free practice III, now he successfully took pole position after being the fastest in the qualifying session.



At the session which took place at the Misano circuit on Saturday (03/09/2011), Stoner incised record time of 1:33.138 seconds. He successfully beat Jorge Lorenzo in second position with a gap of 0.120 seconds.



Being in third place was teammate Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, who left 0.180 seconds behind. Then the sequence is in position four and five was Ben Spies and Marco Simoncelli.



Results Qualifying MotoGP San Marino 2011

1. Casey Stoner (Honda) 1:33.138

2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1:33.258 + 0.120

3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:33.318 + 0.180

4. Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1:33.947 + 0.809

5. Marco Simoncelli (Gresini Honda) 1:33.990 + 0.852

6. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:34.026 + 0.888

7. Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1:34.054 + 0.916

8. Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki) 1:34.360 + 1.222

9. Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) 1:34.592 + 1.454

10. Hiroshi Aoyama (Gresini Honda) 1:34.637 + 1.499

11. Valentino Rossi (Ducati) 1:34.676 + 1.538

12. Karel Abraham (Cardion Ducati) 1:34.727 + 1.589

13. Cal Crutchlow (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1:34.791 + 1.653

14. Randy de Puniet (Pramac Ducati) 1:34.870 + 1.732

15. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1:34.955 + 1.817

16. Loris Capirossi (Pramac Ducati) 1:35.502 + 2.364

17. Toni Elias (LCR Honda) 1:36.167 + 3.029