2011 MotoGP: Mugello Qualifying Results

2011 MotoGP

In Free Practice 3 at Mugello, Jorge Lorenzo was the MotoGP rider dominating the grid, the Yamaha Factory Racing rider posting a new lap record.

But during qualifying, Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner topped Lorenzo’s time. En route to his 27th pole position, the fifth of the 2011 MotoGP Championship, the Australian set the new lap record of 1:48.034.

This was blistering fast, considering the man starting from second – the American Ben Spies – posted a 1:48.479. Spies, who took his maiden MotoGP victory at Assen last weekend, was followed by San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli. The Italian was a mere 0.006 of a second slower than Spies as he took the final spot on the front row.

Taking the top spot on the second row was Stoner’s Italian counterpart, Andrea Dovizioso. He posted a 1:48.694, and will be joined by Lorenzo, who was 0.062 of a second behind, and Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Colin Edwards; the Texan was 0.218 of a second slower than Lorenzo.

On the third row will be Edwards’ teammate Cal Crutchow, the final rider to post within a second of Stoner, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden.

As for Valentino Rossi, the nine-time World Champion will start 12th aboard the GP.11.1.

2011 Mugello MotoGP: Qualifying Results

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1.	27	Casey STONER	AUS	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	322.3	1’48.034
2.	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	319.2	1’48.479	0.445 / 0.445
3.	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	321.0	1’48.485	0.451 / 0.006
4.	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	324.8	1’48.694	0.660 / 0.209
5.	1	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	323.1	1’48.756	0.722 / 0.062
6.	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	314.9	1’48.974	0.940 / 0.218
7.	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	318.9	1’49.021	0.987 / 0.047
8.	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	317.9	1’49.398	1.364 / 0.377
9.	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	320.5	1’49.509	1.475 / 0.111
10.	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	327.2	1’49.663	1.629 / 0.154
11.	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	323.8	1’49.678	1.644 / 0.015
12.	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	320.7	1’49.902	1.868 / 0.224
13.	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	322.7	1’50.156	2.122 / 0.254
14.	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	322.1	1’50.460	2.426 / 0.304
15.	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	320.0	1’50.651	2.617 / 0.191
16.	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	324.2	1’50.742	2.708 / 0.091