Jorge Lorenzo already impressed last year, fighting with a bike much less than the Honda, but this year is seen to be a note with a much more competitive Yamaha. In fact, at Losail, the one of Casey's favorite tracks, was the fastest with a time of 1:54.634, relegating the Australian to second place. Close the front row an impressive Cal Crutchlow, which confirms how well the Yamaha M1 is and how well he has done throughout the preseason.
In the fourth, and in the second row, has been placed Ben Spies, who has had a spectacular fall where he want to let go of the bike. Nicky Hayden was fifth and sixth Andrea Dovizioso. Meanwhile, Dani Pedrosa was seventh, after having mechanical problems early in the session. And Valentino Rossi? Well, it is their special ordeal, was twelfth, or whatever it is, the last of the prototypes, followed only by the legion of the CRT, and of course behind the other three Ducati. Another is a little below than what we expected of it is Alvaro Bautista, who was only eleven.
There's been is a lot of crashes, as well as the aforementioned Ben Spies, have also gone down Mattia Pasini, Randy de Puniet (which also fell yesterday), James Ellison and Karel Abraham. The fastest of the CRT is Colin Edwards has been quite happy and optimistic about the evolution of his bike. What can we expect from the race tomorrow? So much struggle between Casey and Jorge, of which no one doubts are one step above the rest. Of course, the third step of the podium will be very, very interesting as well.
Motogp Starting Grid*
1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 1'54.634
2 Casey Stoner Honda AUS 1'54.885
3 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 1'55.022
4 Ben Spies Yamaha USA 1'55.512
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 1'55.637
6 Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha ITA 1'55.858
7 Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 1'55.905
8 Hector Barbera Ducati ESP 1'55.983
9 Stefan Bradl Honda GER 1'56.063
10 Karel Abraham Ducati CZE 1'56.198
11 Alvaro Bautista Honda ESP 1'56.521
12 Valentino Rossi Ducati ITA 1'56.813
13 Colin Edwards Suter USA 1'57.644
14 Randy De Puniet ART FRA 1'58.266
15 Aleix Espargaro ART ESP 1'58.520
16 Yonny Hernandez FTR COL 1'58.795
17 Michele Pirro FTR ITA 1'59.085
18 Mattia Passini ART ITA 1'59.195
19 Danilo Petrucci Ioda ITA 1'59.664
20 Ivan Silva FTR SPA 2'00.493
21 James Ellison ART GBR 2'00.757
* Derived from Qualifying result
Race Schedule Sunday Night April 8, 2012:
Moto3 at 19:00
Moto2 at 20:20
MotoGP at 22:00
All times are local
