MUGELLO (Italy), June 1: MotoGP championship leader Dani Pedrosa put Honda on pole position at the Italian Grand Prix and knocked fellow-Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo off the top slot in the final seconds of qualifying on Saturday.
Italian Andrea Dovizioso completed the front row for Ducati at the Mugello circuit despite needing painkillers after hurting his neck in a crash on Friday.
Pedrosa’s pole, with a time of one minute 47.157 seconds, was his first of the season and came right at the end of the session when he was only seventh on the timesheets as he started his final lap.
His time was 0.069 quicker than double world champion Lorenzo’s best.
Italian great Valentino Rossi, Lorenzo’s team mate, qualified seventh, one place behind Honda’s Marc Marquez.
Spanish rookie Marquez, who has finished on the podium in every race so far this season, crashed in all three practice sessions and cracked the top of his humerus near his right shoulder.
Britain’s Cal Crutchlow, who finished second in France two weeks ago with a broken leg, qualified fourth for Tech3 Yamaha.
MotoGP qualifying results:
1. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 1:47.157; 2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 1:47.226; 3. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 1:47.628; 4. Cal
Crutchlow (Britain) Yamaha 1:47.632; 5. Stefan Bradl (Germany) Honda 1:47.737; 6. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 1:47.763; 7.
Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 1:47.872; 8. Nicky Hayden (US) Ducati 1:48.006; 9. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Honda 1:48.355; 10. Michele Pirro (Italy) Ducati 1:48.564.—Reuters
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/OdBu-VLOO3y/Pedrosa+takes+pole+Italian+MotoGP
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