In a full wet session that saw four different pole-sitters within the last 15 seconds, Casey Stoner posted the best lap time with 1'31.796 to claim his fourth pole of the season with Dani Pedrosa finishing third with 1'32.081, securing a very important front row spot for tomorrow's race.

Casey Stoner

"It was actually a very difficult session. We started off well and then we switched to our number one bike with a completely different set up and that felt a lot better. On the first lap, I matched my best time I did on my second bike, then unfortunately on the second lap the engine gave up. We're not too sure what happened, if it was something electrical or if some water got in there, but we'll find out later. We decided to wait for later in the session, as we knew we wouldn't have much hope unless the conditions improved a little, and luckily they did. It ended up being a really good day for us and we'll see what we're capable of tomorrow."

Dani Pedrosa

"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 tyres and try the hard compound in the warm up to compare with the soft we tried on Friday".

1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m31.796s2.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m31.989s  + 0.193s3.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m32.081s  + 0.285s4.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m32.288s  + 0.492s5.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m32.381s  + 0.585s6.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m32.510s  + 0.714s7.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m32.795s  + 0.999s8.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m33.205s  + 1.409s9.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m33.217s  + 1.421s10  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m33.900s  + 2.104s11  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m34.088s  + 2.292s12 Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m34.542s  + 2.746s13  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m34.649s  + 2.853s14  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m34.651s  + 2.855s15  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m34.938s  + 3.142s16  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m35.590s  + 3.794s17  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m35.595s  + 3.799s18  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m35.962s  + 4.166s19  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m36.183s  + 4.387s20 James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m36.355s  + 4.559s21  Franco Battaini   Cardion Ducati            1m36.438s  + 4.642s