Record lap sees Stoner on pole

Added on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

Casey Stoner will start on pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix after smashing the Silverstone lap record.

The Repsol Honda rider set a new record lap time of 2:02.020 in qualifying, making him more than a second faster than last year’s pole position time set by Jorge Lorenzo.

Marco Simoncelli will line up alongside Stoner after lapping a time of 2:02.208, with Lorenzo completing the front row.

But for the majority of the crowd, qualifying was overshadowed by Cal Crutchlow’s high-side crash which let the British rider with a broken collarbone and a mild concussion. He will now miss Sunday’s race and is a doubt for the Dutch TT at Assen in a fortnight’s time.

Ben Spies and Andrea Dovizioso will start on the second row of the grid, as will Karel Abraham, who was the surprise performance of the session with a time of 2:04.1551.

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Casey Stoner	AUS	Repsol Honda Team	2:02.020
2	Marco Simoncelli	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	+ 0.188
3	Jorge Lorenzo	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	+ 0.217
4	Ben Spies	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	+ 0.657
5	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	+ 1.192
6	Karel Abraham	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	+ 2.131
7	Nicky Hayden	USA	Ducati Team	+ 2.284
8	Colin Edwards	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+ 2.488
9	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	+ 2.500
10	Randy de Puniet	FRA	Pramac Racing Team	+ 2.569
11	Hiroshi Aoyama	JAP	San Carlo Honda Gresini	+ 2.899
12	Hector Barbera	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	+ 3.144
13	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Ducati Team	+ 3.761
14	Toni Elias	SPA	LCR Honda MotoGP	+ 3.842
15	Loris Capirossi	ITA	Pramac Racing Team	+ 4.236
16	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+ 5.891