Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner set pole position for the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France.

It was an all Honda top four with Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) and Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) joining him on the front row.

 Pos. /Num./ Rider /Nation /Team /Bike /Km/h /Time /Gap 1st/Prev. 1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.2 1'33.153  2 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 285.1 1'33.212 0.059 / 0.059 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 286.7 1'33.621 0.468 / 0.409 4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 278.6 1'33.683 0.530 / 0.062 5 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 281.2 1'33.706 0.553 / 0.023 6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 289.9 1'33.804 0.651 / 0.098 7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 284.1 1'34.063 0.910 / 0.259 8 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 289.6 1'34.206 1.053 / 0.143 9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 286.9 1'34.206 1.053  10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 285.0 1'34.277 1.124 / 0.071 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 288.4 1'34.351 1.198 / 0.074 12 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 285.0 1'34.513 1.360 / 0.162 13 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 288.8 1'34.612 1.459 / 0.099 14 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 282.4 1'34.650 1.497 / 0.038 15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 282.7 1'34.866 1.713 / 0.216 16 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 292.4 1'35.010 1.857 / 0.144 17 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 284.7 1'35.433 2.280 / 0.423