Moto2: Misano Qualifying Notes

Moto2 Misano

Toni Elías secured his second pole position of the 2010 season – his first since the opening round in Qatar – on Saturday, as he primed himself for an attempt at a sixth win of the season this weekend at Misano.

The Spaniard’s best time of 1’38.991 was enough to beat young Brit Scott Redding to pole by 0.044s in the Gresini Moto2 team’s home motorcycle racing GP.

Redding took his second successive front row position for the Marc VDS Racing Team having finished on the podium from third in Indianapolis, with Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) third at just over two-tenths behind.

Jules Cluzel of the Forward Racing team will complete the front file of the grid for tomorrow’s race.

Andrea Iannone’s session was cut short by a mechanical problem but the Fimmco Speed Up rider still managed to hold onto fifth position at 0.435s off Elías’ time, and he will head up a second row that also includes JiR Moto2 duo Simone Corsi and home rider Alex de Angelis along with Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP).

Mattia Pasini qualified in ninth as he continued his impressive weekend as a wild card for the Italtrans STR team, with Gabor Talmacsi (Fimmco Speed Up) completing the top ten.

There were crashes in the session for Dominique Aegerter (Technomag-CIP) who qualified in 12th, Michael Ranseder (Vector Kiefer Racing) in 22nd and Raffaele de Rosa (Tech 3 Racing) in 28th – all three avoided any lasting injuries as a result of their falls.

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	236.6	1’38.991
2	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	232.4	1’39.035	0.044 / 0.044
3	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	232.9	1’39.280	0.289 / 0.245
4	16	Jules CLUZEL	FRA	Forward Racing	Suter	237.0	1’39.413	0.422 / 0.133
5	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Fimmco Speed Up	Speed Up	232.9	1’39.426	0.435 / 0.013
6	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	234.8	1’39.664	0.673 / 0.238
7	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	JIR Moto2	Motobi	233.5	1’39.686	0.695 / 0.022
8	48	Shoya TOMIZAWA	JPN	Technomag-CIP	Suter	232.3	1’39.778	0.787 / 0.092
9	75	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	233.6	1’39.856	0.865 / 0.078
10	2	Gabor TALMACSI	HUN	Fimmco Speed Up	Speed Up	233.3	1’39.857	0.866 / 0.001
11	55	Hector FAUBEL	SPA	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	235.1	1’40.045	1.054 / 0.188
12	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	231.0	1’40.047	1.056 / 0.002
13	72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	233.7	1’40.075	1.084 / 0.028
14	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Forward Racing	Suter	230.7	1’40.101	1.110 / 0.026
15	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2	Moriwaki	232.6	1’40.101	1.110
16	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	230.3	1’40.153	1.162 / 0.052
17	65	Stefan BRADL	GER	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	Suter	230.5	1’40.164	1.173 / 0.011
18	40	Sergio GADEA	SPA	Tenerife 40 Pons	Pons Kalex	235.9	1’40.184	1.193 / 0.020
19	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	235.9	1’40.201	1.210 / 0.017
20	70	Ferruccio LAMBORGHINI	ITA	Forward Racing	Suter	229.4	1’40.290	1.299 / 0.089
21	25	Alex BALDOLINI	ITA	Caretta Technology Race Dept	I.C.P.	232.9	1’40.523	1.532 / 0.233
22	56	Michael RANSEDER	AUT	Vector Kiefer Racing	Suter	231.8	1’40.531	1.540 / 0.008
23	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	227.8	1’40.579	1.588 / 0.048
24	44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	230.8	1’40.677	1.686 / 0.098
25	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	FTR	229.0	1’40.732	1.741 / 0.055
26	80	Axel PONS	SPA	Tenerife 40 Pons	Pons Kalex	234.7	1’40.751	1.760 / 0.019
27	39	Robertino PIETRI	VEN	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	232.2	1’40.880	1.889 / 0.129
28	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	ITA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	229.8	1’40.930	1.939 / 0.050
29	99	Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI	JPN	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	230.3	1’41.074	2.083 / 0.144
30	52	Lukas PESEK	CZE	Matteoni CP Racing	Moriwaki	231.8	1’41.147	2.156 / 0.073
31	53	Valentin DEBISE	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	ADV	230.5	1’41.178	2.187 / 0.031
32	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG	Bimota	233.0	1’41.269	2.278 / 0.091
33	59	Niccolo CANEPA	ITA	M Racing	Bimota	226.0	1’41.522	2.531 / 0.253
34	8	Anthony WEST	AUS	MZ Racing Team	MZ-RE Honda	227.7	1’41.526	2.535 / 0.004
35	9	Kenny NOYES	USA	Jack & Jones by A.Banderas	Promoharris	228.2	1’41.794	2.803 / 0.268
36	5	Joan OLIVE	SPA	Jack & Jones by A.Banderas	FTR	232.7	1’41.853	2.862 / 0.059
37	4	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Maquinza-SAG Team	Bimota	230.3	1’42.061	3.070 / 0.208
38	95	Mashel AL NAIMI	QAT	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	230.3	1’42.657	3.666 / 0.596
39	88	Yannick GUERRA	SPA	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	228.7	1’42.827	3.836 / 0.1