I’m very happy because in the past in these kind of sessions we didn’t get a good result. But this time, I was more confident every lap and we made it; I thought I got the pole in my last flying lap, but anyway to be at the front is key in Sachsenring.“Yesterday we also had a good feeling in the dry, and it looks like we will have a dry race tomorrow, so it will be important to make the right choice on tires and try the hard compound in the warm up to compare with the soft we tried on Friday.”Heading up the second row is Crutchlow, the Brit qualifying ahead of Lorenzo. The 2010 MotoGP Champion Lorenzo was one of a few riders to complete the most laps during qualifying, but admittedly made a mistake by using up too much of his Bridgestone tires before the final “hot” laps began. Taking the final spot on the second row in sixth is Bradl.The top Ducati rider was Hayden, who will begin the Sachsenring MotoGP from seventh on top of the third row. Joining the American will be Crutchlow’s teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, and nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi. The Ducati Team GP12 rider once again upset his fans, considering he usually has better setups than most in the wet conditions.Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaró completes the top ten after a great outing on his ART machine, qualifying as the top CRT bike. Because of the penalty obtained after his crash in the last race in Assen, San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista will start tomorrow’s race from the back of the grid.Also missing from the 21-rider grid is Cardion AB Racing Ducati’s Karel Abraham, who was not fit to race due to finger injury sustained during Aragon MotoGP testing. The man who will substitute for Abraham at Sachsenring, Ducati Team test rider Franco Battaini, qualified last in 21st.The tricky conditions caught out many of the riders, which saw San Carlo’s Michele Pirro, Came IodaRacing Project’s Danilo Petrucci, Speed Master’s Mattia Pasini and Pramac Racing Team’s Héctor Barberá crash out. Most of them managed to re-join later in the session and sustained no serious injuries.2012 Sachsenring MotoGP Qualifying Results:
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 271.2 | 1’31.796 | |
2. | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 276.6 | 1’31.989 | 0.193 / 0.193 |
3. | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 271.0 | 1’32.081 | 0.285 / 0.092 |
4. | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 273.8 | 1’32.288 | 0.492 / 0.207 |
5. | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 276.4 | 1’32.381 | 0.585 / 0.093 |
6. | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 269.7 | 1’32.510 | 0.714 / 0.129 |
7. | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 272.7 | 1’32.795 | 0.999 / 0.285 |
8. | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 272.8 | 1’33.205 | 1.409 / 0.410 |
9. | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 273.1 | 1’33.217 | 1.421 / 0.012 |
10. | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 263.5 | 1’33.900 | 2.104 / 0.683 |
11. | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 260.7 | 1’34.088 | 2.292 / 0.188 |
12. | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 263.5 | 1’34.542 | 2.746 / 0.454 |
13. | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 252.8 | 1’34.649 | 2.853 / 0.107 |
14. | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 259.6 | 1’34.651 | 2.855 / 0.002 |
15. | 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | Speed Master | ART | 256.6 | 1’34.938 | 3.142 / 0.287 |
16. | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 250.1 | 1’35.590 | 3.794 / 0.652 |
17. | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 257.8 | 1’35.595 | 3.799 / 0.005 |
18. | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 259.1 | 1’35.962 | 4.166 / 0.367 |
19. | 22 | Ivan SILVA | SPA | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 256.4 | 1’36.183 | 4.387 / 0.221 |
20. | 77 | James ELLISON | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 253.7 | 1’36.355 | 4.559 / 0.172 |
21. | 2 | Franco BATTAINI | ITA | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 254.1 | 1’36.438 | 4.642 / 0.083 |