Ducati Marlboro Team rider Casey Stoner will start the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship from the front of the grid after a dominant performance in today’s single qualifying practice for the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. The Australian was rarely troubled at the top of the time sheets.
CASEY STONER (Ducati Marlboro Team) (1st; 1’32.256)
“We’ve been fastest in every session so far so we have to be pleased with that and the fact we were able to do most of the lap times we did on a race tyre today is a good sign. I felt pretty comfortable out there but one of the softer rear tyres pushed the front that bit harder and it folded on me in four or five corners. It’s a shame because potentially we could have gone that bit quicker but I can’t complain. We’re on pole position again, in good shape for the race tomorrow and looking forward to it. Hopefully the weather holds out because it would be nice for everybody to end the season with a good race.”
Valencia Qualifying Results
1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 32.256 sec
2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 32.519 sec
3. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 1min 32.537 sec
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1min 32.922 sec
5. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1min 33.085 sec
6. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 33.154 sec
7. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 1min 33.391 sec
8. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1min 33.475 sec
9. Ben Spies USA Sterilgarda Yamaha Team 1min 33.539 sec
10. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1min 33.776 sec
11. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1min 33.809 sec
12. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 1min 33.844 sec
13. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 34.097 sec
14. James Toseland GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1min 34.107 sec
15. Marco Melandri ITA Hayate Racing Team 1min 34.188 sec
16. Aleix Espargaro SPA Pramac Racing 1min 34.308 sec
17. Gabor Talmacsi HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP 1min 34.357 sec
18. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 34.537 sec
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