Pedrosa on top at Brno

Added on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

Dani Pedrosa has secured his third pole position of the season at Brno this afternoon, finishing off an eventful session to head the field.

The Repsol Honda rider managed to fend off an attack from Ben Spies, with the American looking as though he would steal his first MotoGP pole position. Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo will start from third tomorrow, despite a fall part way through the session.

Casey Stoner heads up the second row of the grid, whilst reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi will start from fifth. Rossi joined his FIAT Yamaha teammate Lornezo in suffering a fall, but still managed a strong fifth place. Andrea Dovizioso will complete the second row, just pipping Colin Edwards to the post.

Nicky Hayden and Hector Barbera will join Edwards on the third row of the grid, qualifying eighth and ninth respectively, whilst Loris Capirossi completes the top ten.

A delighted Randy De Puniet soared to a pleasing eleventh place during qualifying, after breaking his leg just a few races ago. Marco Simoncelli secured a twelfth place start, whilst Mika Kallio will line up thirteenth. Marco Melandri qualified fourteenth, with Alex De Angelis fifteenth and Aleix Espargaro sixteenth. Alvaro Bautista will start from the back of the grid after not setting a time.

Pos.	Rider	Nation	Team	Time
1	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	1’56.508
2	Ben SPIES	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1’56.846
3	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Fiat Yamaha Team	1’56.865
4	Casey STONER	AUS	Ducati Team	1’56.868
5	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Fiat Yamaha Team	1’57.059
6	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	1’57.117
7	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1’57.222
8	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	1’57.635
9	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Paginas Amarillas Aspar	1’57.960
10	Loris CAPIROSSI	ITA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1’57.981
11	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	LCR Honda MotoGP	1’58.089
12	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1’58.169
13	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Pramac Racing Team	1’58.182
14	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1’58.430
15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	1’58.522
16	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	1’58.700
	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP