MotoGP Grids
Jorge Lorenzo secured his first pole position of the 2010 campaign at the AirAsia British Grand Prix after an exciting qualifying practice at Silverstone. The World Championship leader battled with Randy de Puniet through the latter stages of a cold afternoon session, finally edging the Frenchman out with a best time of 2’03.308.
De Puniet had stunned the rest of the field with 15 minutes to go when he stripped half a second off Lorenzo’s top time, and the LCR Honda man looked on course for his first-ever premier-class pole when he again improved on that.
However, his 2’03.434 was eventually the second fastest time as Lorenzo took pole back, and the Frenchman was left to be satisfied with his first front row start since Assen 2007. In trying to reclaim pole, De Puniet also experienced a crash right at the end of the session as he pushed hard, injuring his right thumb in the process with a deep cut.
Completing the front row will be Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa who was 0.152s further back. The Spaniard set his fastest lap on his penultimate lap of the circuit, before also crashing out at Brooklands corner, which saw him stretchered off the side of the track.
X-rays at the medical centre confirmed that Pedrosa had only suffered bruising to his left and right knees after the bike ran over his legs, and luckily he will be able to take his position on the starting grid on Sunday.
Leading the second row will be another Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, who was four-tenths of a second off his team-mate’s pace and the final rider to get within a second of Lorenzo (+0.687s). Ducati duo Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner had just 0.062s between them as they took fifth and sixth spots on the grid respectively.
The top ten in the session was completed by Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech3), San Carlo Honda Gresini pair Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli, and Spies’ team-mate Colin Edwards. Sunday’s MotoGP race will start at 1pm local time.
MotoGP Grid
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO |
SPA | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 317.6 | 2’03.308 | |
| 2 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 320.1 | 2’03.434 | 0.126 / 0.126 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA |
SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 323.9 | 2’03.586 | 0.278 / 0.152 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO |
ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 322.0 | 2’03.995 | 0.687 / 0.409 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN |
USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 316.9 | 2’04.332 | 1.024 / 0.337 |
| 6 | 27 | Casey STONER |
AUS | Ducati Team | Ducati | 319.2 | 2’04.394 | 1.086 / 0.062 |
| 7 | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
Yamaha | 313.9 | 2’04.477 | 1.169 / 0.083 |
| 8 | 33 | Marco MELANDRI |
ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 321.9 | 2’04.555 | 1.247 / 0.078 |
| 9 | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI |
ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 315.7 | 2’04.868 | 1.560 / 0.313 |
| 10 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS |
USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 313.3 | 2’05.035 | 1.727 / 0.167 |
| 11 | 40 | Hector BARBERA |
SPA | Paginas Amarillas Aspar | Ducati | 319.1 | 2’05.354 | 2.046 / 0.319 |
| 12 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA |
JPN | Interwetten Honda MotoGP | Honda | 320.5 | 2’05.712 | 2.404 / 0.358 |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO |
SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 315.4 | 2’05.748 | 2.440 / 0.036 |
| 14 | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 317.9 | 2’05.821 | 2.513 / 0.073 |
| 15 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA |
SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 316.8 | 2’06.607 | 3.299 / 0.786 |
| 16 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | Pramac Racing Team |
Ducati | 312.9 | 2’06.980 | 3.672 / 0.373 |
Sliverstone: Moto2 Starting Grid
The Forward Racing team were celebrating a qualification one-two in Moto2 as Claudio Corti and Jules Cluzel took the top spots for Sunday’s Moto2 race at Silverstone. Corti’s first World Championship pole in just his fifth race was secured with a best lap of 2’09.624, making him the first rider under to go under 2’10” this weekend.
Cluzel was 0.413s off his team-mate’s pace as the Frenchman achieved his third successive front row grid position this season. Stefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing) – 0.376s further back – and Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) were separated by just six-thousandths of a second as they completed an all Suter front row.
Yonny Hernández’s impressive weekend continued as the Blusens-STX rider set the fifth best time, and another rider who has stood out is Xavier Simeon. Riding as a replacement on the Holiday Gym G22 team the Belgian qualified with the sixth best time. Alex Baldolini (Caretta Technology Race Dept) and Arne Tode (Racing Team Germany) also put in strong displays to take second-row slots.
British rider Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team) will be on the third row having placed 12th, one place behind Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP) who is currently second in the World Championship standings. Leader Toni Elías (Gresini Racing Moto2) was 18th in the session.
Moto2 Grid
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71 | Claudio CORTI |
ITA | Forward Racing | Suter | 271.1 | 2’09.624 | |
| 2 | 16 | Jules CLUZEL |
FRA | Forward Racing | Suter | 269.1 | 2’10.037 | 0.413 / 0.413 |
| 3 | 65 | Stefan BRADL |
GER | Viessmann Kiefer Racing | Suter | 273.6 | 2’10.413 | 0.789 / 0.376 |
| 4 | 60 | Julian SIMON |
SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team | Suter | 269.8 | 2’10.419 | 0.795 / 0.006 |
| 5 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ |
COL | Blusens-STX | BQR-Moto2 | 271.1 | 2’10.475 | 0.851 / 0.056 |
| 6 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON |
BEL | Holiday Gym G22 | Moriwaki | 269.6 | 2’10.492 | 0.868 / 0.017 |
| 7 | 25 | Alex BALDOLINI |
ITA | Caretta Technology Race Dept | I.C.P. | 272.4 | 2’10.578 | 0.954 / 0.086 |
| 8 | 41 | Arne TODE | GER | Racing Team Germany |
Suter | 271.8 | 2’10.634 | 1.010 / 0.056 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI |
SWI | Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 | Moriwaki | 271.9 | 2’10.654 | 1.030 / 0.020 |
| 10 | 10 | Fonsi NIETO | SPA | Holiday Gym G22 |
Moriwaki | 269.1 | 2’10.668 | 1.044 / 0.014 |
| 11 | 48 | Shoya TOMIZAWA |
JPN | Technomag-CIP | Suter | 271.5 | 2’10.688 | 1.064 / 0.020 |
| 12 | 45 | Scott REDDING |
GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Suter | 268.8 | 2’10.768 | 1.144 / 0.080 |
| 13 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER |
SWI | Technomag-CIP | Suter | 272.6 | 2’10.773 | 1.149 / 0.005 |
| 14 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM |
CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | FTR | 268.5 | 2’10.802 | 1.178 / 0.029 |
| 15 | 3 | Simone CORSI |
ITA | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 269.6 | 2’10.821 | 1.197 / 0.019 |
| 16 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE |
ITA | Fimmco Speed Up | Speed Up | 270.3 | 2’10.846 | 1.222 / 0.025 |
| 17 | 6 | Alex DEBON | SPA | Aeroport de Castello – Ajo |
FTR | 273.1 | 2’10.864 | 1.240 / 0.018 |
| 18 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | Gresini Racing Moto2 |
Moriwaki | 269.8 | 2’11.050 | 1.426 / 0.186 |
| 19 | 2 | Gabor TALMACSI |
HUN | Fimmco Speed Up | Speed Up | 273.6 | 2’11.177 | 1.553 / 0.127 |
| 20 | 80 | Axel PONS | SPA | Tenerife 40 Pons |
Pons Kalex | 272.2 | 2’11.190 | 1.566 / 0.013 |
| 21 | 75 | Mattia PASINI |
ITA | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 270.1 | 2’11.212 | 1.588 / 0.022 |
| 22 | 40 | Sergio GADEA |
SPA | Tenerife 40 Pons | Pons Kalex | 272.9 | 2’11.221 | 1.597 / 0.009 |
| 23 | 9 | Kenny NOYES | USA | Jack & Jones by A.Banderas |
Promoharris | 270.1 | 2’11.410 | 1.786 / 0.189 |
| 24 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT |
THA | Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG | Bimota | 271.4 | 2’11.421 | 1.797 / 0.011 |
| 25 | 52 | Lukas PESEK | CZE | Matteoni CP Racing |
Moriwaki | 270.3 | 2’11.457 | 1.833 / 0.036 |
| 26 | 59 | Niccolo CANEPA |
ITA | RSM Team Scot | Force GP210 | 265.5 | 2’11.461 | 1.837 / 0.004 |
| 27 | 44 | Roberto ROLFO |
ITA | Italtrans S.T.R. | Suter | 268.7 | 2’11.537 | 1.913 / 0.076 |
| 28 | 76 | Bernat MARTINEZ |
SPA | Maquinza-SAG Team | Bimota | 265.0 | 2’11.613 | 1.989 / 0.076 |
| 29 | 39 | Robertino PIETRI |
VEN | Italtrans S.T.R. | Suter | 270.9 | 2’11.684 | 2.060 / 0.071 |
| 30 | 54 | Kev COGHLAN | GBR | Monlau Joey Darcey |
FTR | 276.9 | 2’11.694 | 2.070 / 0.010 |
| 31 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO |
FRA | Mapfre Aspar Team | Suter | 271.6 | 2’11.815 | 2.191 / 0.121 |
| 32 | 55 | Hector FAUBEL |
SPA | Marc VDS Racing Team | Suter | 273.1 | 2’11.948 | 2.324 / 0.133 |
| 33 | 8 | Anthony WEST |
AUS | MZ Racing Team | MZ-RE Honda | 269.4 | 2’12.052 | 2.428 / 0.104 |
| 34 | 61 | Vladimir IVANOV |
UKR | Gresini Racing Moto2 | Moriwaki | 269.7 | 2’12.167 | 2.543 / 0.115 |
| 35 | 5 | Joan OLIVE | SPA | Jack & Jones by A.Banderas |
Promoharris | 268.3 | 2’12.340 | 2.716 / 0.173 |
| 36 | 35 | Raffaele DE ROSA |
ITA | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 272.1 | 2’12.360 | 2.736 / 0.020 |
| 37 | 96 | Anthony DELHALLE |
FRA | Blusens-STX | BQR-Moto2 | 268.9 | 2’12.502 | 2.878 / 0.142 |
| 38 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI |
JPN | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 273.0 | 2’12.568 | 2.944 / 0.066 |
| 39 | 53 | Valentin DEBISE |
FRA | WTR San Marino Team | ADV | 272.6 | 2’13.106 | 3.482 / 0.538 |
| 40 | 21 | Vladimir LEONOV |
RUS | Vector Kiefer Racing | Suter | 267.3 | 2’13.240 | 3.616 / 0.134 |
| 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS |
RSM | RSM Team Scot | Force GP210 |
Silverstone: 125cc GP Starting Grid
Marc Márquez will start the 125cc race from pole position on Sunday after topping qualifying at Silverstone, a best time of 2’14.667 on his final lap of the 40-minute session securing him his third pole of the 2010 campaign.
The late effort from Márquez pushed him in front of home rider Bradley Smith (Bancaja Aspar), who had become the first 125cc rider of the weekend to go under 2’15” with his 2’14.966 on his penultimate lap. That placed the Brit second, 0.146s ahead of Pol Espargaró (Tuenti Racing), with Championship leader Nico Terol (Bancaja Aspar) nine-tenths off Márquez’s pace as he completed the front row.
Johann Zarco (WTR San Marino Team), Esteve Rabat (Blusens-STX), Tomoyoshi Koyama (Racing Team Germany) and British rider Danny Webb (Andalucia Cajasol) will all start from the second row as they placed fifth to eighth in the session.
125 Grid
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ |
SPA | Red Bull Ajo Motorsport | Derbi | 232.4 | 2’14.667 | |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley SMITH |
GBR | Bancaja Aspar Team | Aprilia | 228.7 | 2’14.966 | 0.299 / 0.299 |
| 3 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO |
SPA | Tuenti Racing | Derbi | 232.9 | 2’15.112 | 0.445 / 0.146 |
| 4 | 40 | Nicolas TEROL |
SPA | Bancaja Aspar Team | Aprilia | 232.4 | 2’15.571 | 0.904 / 0.459 |
| 5 | 14 | Johann ZARCO |
FRA | WTR San Marino Team | Aprilia | 225.8 | 2’16.208 | 1.541 / 0.637 |
| 6 | 12 | Esteve RABAT |
SPA | Blusens-STX | Aprilia | 228.9 | 2’16.425 | 1.758 / 0.217 |
| 7 | 71 | Tomoyoshi KOYAMA |
JPN | Racing Team Germany | Aprilia | 225.9 | 2’16.660 | 1.993 / 0.235 |
| 8 | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Andalucia Cajasol |
Aprilia | 227.6 | 2’16.689 | 2.022 / 0.029 |
| 9 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ |
SPA | Tuenti Racing | Derbi | 229.2 | 2’16.714 | 2.047 / 0.025 |
| 10 | 35 | Randy KRUMMENACHER |
SWI | Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP | Aprilia | 227.1 | 2’16.918 | 2.251 / 0.204 |
| 11 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE |
GER | Avant Mitsubishi Ajo | Derbi | 227.3 | 2’17.192 | 2.525 / 0.274 |
| 12 | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO |
SPA | Andalucia Cajasol | Aprilia | 227.5 | 2’17.248 | 2.581 / 0.056 |
| 13 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP |
Aprilia | 229.6 | 2’17.406 | 2.739 / 0.158 |
| 14 | 53 | Jasper IWEMA |
NED | CBC Corse | Aprilia | 229.5 | 2’17.669 | 3.002 / 0.263 |
| 15 | 15 | Simone GROTZKYJ |
ITA | Fontana Racing | Aprilia | 227.2 | 2’17.873 | 3.206 / 0.204 |
| 16 | 50 | Sturla FAGERHAUG |
NOR | AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit | Aprilia | 224.8 | 2’18.212 | 3.545 / 0.339 |
| 17 | 26 | Adrian MARTIN |
SPA | Aeroport de Castello – Ajo | Aprilia | 227.9 | 2’18.832 | 4.165 / 0.620 |
| 18 | 5 | Alexis MASBOU |
FRA | Ongetta Team | Aprilia | 225.2 | 2’18.948 | 4.281 / 0.116 |
| 19 | 69 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | CBC Corse |
Aprilia | 222.2 | 2’19.090 | 4.423 / 0.142 |
| 20 | 78 | Marcel SCHROTTER |
GER | Interwetten Honda 125 | Honda | 223.4 | 2’19.299 | 4.632 / 0.209 |
| 21 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL |
CZE | Racing Team Germany | Aprilia | 2’19.320 | 4.653 / 0.021 | |
| 22 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN |
MAL | AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit | Aprilia | 220.9 | 2’20.480 | 5.813 / 1.160 |
| 23 | 32 | Lorenzo SAVADORI |
ITA | Matteoni CP Racing | Aprilia | 221.4 | 2’20.583 | 5.916 / 0.103 |
| 24 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER |
GER | Ongetta Team | Aprilia | 221.4 | 2’20.936 | 6.269 / 0.353 |
| 25 | 60 | Michael VAN DER MARK |
NED | Lambretta Reparto Corse | Lambretta | 222.4 | 2’20.989 | 6.322 / 0.053 |
| 26 | 75 | Deane BROWN | GBR | Colin Appleyard/Macadam Racing |
Honda | 218.1 | 2’21.967 | 7.300 / 0.978 |
| 27 | 73 | Taylor MACKENZIE |
GBR | KRP | Honda | 222.4 | 2’21.988 | 7.321 / 0.021 |
| 28 | 87 | Luca MARCONI |
ITA | Ongetta Team | Aprilia | 221.8 | 2’22.073 | 7.406 / 0.085 |
| 29 | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Aztec Grand Prix |
Honda | 213.2 | 2’22.279 | 7.612 / 0.206 |
| 30 | 72 | Marco RAVAIOLI |
ITA | Lambretta Reparto Corse | Lambretta | 220.6 | 2’22.773 | 8.106 / 0.494 |
| 31 | 74 | James LODGE | GBR | RS Earnshaws Motorcycles |
Honda | 212.8 | 2’22.885 | 8.218 / 0.112 |
| 77 | Andrew REID | IRL | Aztec Grand Prix |
Honda | 203.5 | 2’26.896 | 12.229 / 4.011 |
