Yamaha Factory Racings Jorge Lorenzo put in a strong performance to take pole for tomorrows Aragon MotoGP race ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow.

A time of just under the mid 1.49s was enough to push Repsol Honda Teams Pedrosa into second on the grid, who did well to recover from an early crash. Rounding out the front row is Monster Yamaha Tech 3s Cal Crutchlow, who despite taking a tumble in the wet this morning, looked certain to take pole until the final minutes when the Spanish duo pounced.

Yamahas Ben Spies heads the second row in fourth, after the American put in another strong performance, which he will undoubtedly look to carry over into tomorrows race. Alongside him in fifth is LCR Honda MotoGPs Stefan Bradl, who was fastest out of the blocks in qualifying, yet could not maintain the pace of the factory machines and Crutchlows satellite Yamaha. Sixth place is occupied by Tech 3s Andrea Dovizioso, with the Italian almost seven tenths off his British teammate.

Repsol Hondas Casey Stoner stand-in Jonathan Rea continued his improvement in form as he leads the third row in seventh place, seeming more and more comfortable on the factory Honda. To his right, Ducati Teams Valentino Rossi starts in eighth, with the Italian not finding the pace he displayed two weeks ago in Misano, and suffering a front-end fold half way through the session.

His teammate Nicky Hayden qualified in ninth, after having also crashed in the final minutes, in front of Pramac Racing Teams Hctor Barber. Top CRT performer was Power Electronics Aspars Aleix Espargar, who got within 1.7s of the top time and beat San Carlo Honda Gresinis lvaro Bautista, who was clearly struggling with his satellite RC213V. Avintia Blusens Yonny Hernandez fell at turn 14, the same place as Pedrosa, but like the other crashers was able to walk away.