Dovizioso takes first premier class pole, Rossi on the front

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October 2, 2010 in Motorsport

Dovizioso takes first premier class pole, Rossi on the front row

Andrea Dovizioso’s scored his first pole position in the premier class yesterday as the Repsol Honda rider topped the qualifying session for the Grand Prix of Japan.

Valentino Rossi’s final lap of the session placed the Fiat Yamaha rider in second position and gave him his first front-row starting position since he took pole at Le Mans back in May. The reigning World Champion, who has looked in good shape throughout the weekend, was just 0.054s off his fellow Italian.

Completing the front row having battled with Dovizioso for top spot in the closing stages was Casey Stoner. The Ducati Team rider, who had a minor run off at turn five early on, was a fraction over a tenth of a second off the pole position time.

Motegi, Saturday, October 02, 2010

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.

1 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 289.9 1'47.001 2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 291.7 1'47.055 0.054 / 0.054 3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 294.4 1'47.105 0.104 / 0.050 4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 293.2 1'47.206 0.205 / 0.101 5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 289.8 1'47.464 0.463 / 0.258 6 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 290.4 1'47.648 0.647 / 0.184 7 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 290.1 1'47.752 0.751 / 0.104 8 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 289.5 1'47.914 0.913 / 0.162 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 288.2 1'48.002 1.001 / 0.088 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 289.1 1'48.068 1.067 / 0.066 11 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 286.5 1'48.182 1.181 / 0.114 12 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 288.5 1'48.238 1.237 / 0.056 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 279.1 1'48.371 1.370 / 0.133 14 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 281.8 1'48.396 1.395 / 0.025 15 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 285.5 1'48.535 1.534 / 0.139 16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 289.5 1'49.480 2.479 / 0.945 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda

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