Lorenzo takes Assen pole

Added on Friday, June 25th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

Jorge Lorenzo took pole position in a largely uneventful qualifying session in Assen, with LCR Honda rider Randy de Puniet finishing second.

The Fiat Yamaha rider led almost throughout the session, despite de Puniet leading for a brief period around the mid-point, posting a time of 1:34.515 to take pole, 0.282 seconds ahead of de Puniet.
De Puniet successfully held off a late surge from Casey Stoner to taken his second consecutive front row.

Ben Spies qualified in fourth whilst compatriot Nicky Hayden was the last rider to dip under the 1:35 benchmark, posting a time of 1:34.999.

Dani Pedrosa’s title hopes suffered another blow as the Repsol Honda rider could only manage seventh position.

Here’s how Insidebikes reported the events from Assen as they happened:

<a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=ea2e162730″ mce_href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=ea2e162730″ >Live MotoGP Qualifying: Assen</a>

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