Main Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo, Repsol Honda duo defeated the United States Grand Prix qualifying at Laguna Seca circuit on Saturday (07/28/2012) local time, or Sunday early morning. 2010 world champion Casey Stoner and beat Dani Pedrosa, who in a row behind him.
Lorenzo, who now leads the standings, record the best time of 1 minute 20.554 seconds, so that the right to occupy the pole position in the MotoGP series to the 10 of 2012. For him, it was the first pole since April, or the third so far this year, after he grabbed the first two series, namely in Qatar and Spain. It also means an end to the dominance of Honda Lorenzo who always took pole in the last seven series.
However, the time difference between Lorenzo and Stoner are very thin. Lorenzo, Stoner is shifting towards this qualifying session was over, just 0.074 seconds faster. Meanwhile, Pedrosa, who with his new bike master two training sessions on the first day yesterday, 0.352 seconds slower.
In a race that will last for 32 laps on Sunday (29/7) or early Monday morning local time, Stoner and Pedrosa should be ready to face pressure from Yamaha. In addition to Lorenzo on pole position, they are also under threat from three other Yamaha riders, the team mate Lorenzo, Ben Spies, as well as two satellite Tech 3 Yamaha rider, Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso, who finished 4-6.
Ducati's performance in the positioning session start is not too good. The proof, this Italian team is in the third row with Nicky Hayden ranked eighth, while Valentino Rossi at number 10. Hayden Honda Gresini rider lost, Alvaro Bautista, while Rossi is slower than LCR Honda rider, Stefan Bradl.
Spies had crashed in qualifying, when landed heavily on the Corner 3. Luckily, the host driver, who will leave Yamaha at the end of this season, was injured and could continue the qualification in the last 12 minutes, after his motorcycle repaired.
Spies In addition, another rider who also harm is Mattia Passini, who fell in the derivative curve 10. CRT driver was not injured, so this could certainly look at the race later.
- The United States Grand Prix qualifying
A. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 20.554s2. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 20.628s3. ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 20.906s4. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 21.094s5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 21.268s6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 21.539s7. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 21.732s8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP12) 1m 21.734s9. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 21.753s10. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team (GP12) 1m 22.544s11. Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 1m 22.886s12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 1m 23.075s13. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 1m 23.699s14. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (GP12) 1m 23.704s15. Yonny Hernandez COL Blusens Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 23.769s16. Michele Pirro ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini (FTR-CRT Honda) 1m 23.877s17. Toni Elias ESP Pramac Racing (GP12) 1m 23.898s18. Mattia Pasini ITA Speed Master (ART CRT) 1m 24.017s19. Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing (Ioda CRT-Aprilia) 1m 24.227s20. Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 24.560s21. James Ellison GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 1m 24.715s22. Attack Performance USA Steve Rapp (Kawasaki APR-CRT) 1m 26.887s *
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