Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa will start the Spanish Grand Prix from first and second on the grid respectively after a strong qualifying session for the local heroes.
Lorenzo’s best time of 1m39.532s came on his penultimate lap of the 60 minute session, which was held on a drying Jerez circuit.
Pedrosa managed to lap within 0.14s of the opening round winner, while Nicky Hayden was a further 0.9s adrift in third.
Cal Crutchlow and Casey Stoner completed the top five, with the Australian left to lament the lack of dry running prior to the qualifying session.
Ben Spies, Andrea Dovizioso, Alvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl and Randy de Puniet rounded out the top 10.
Valentino Rossi continued to struggle with the Ducati GP12 – the Italian managing just 13th on the grid, some 2.4s slower than team-mate Hayden.
Colin Edwards will start from the rear of the grid after a falling off his Suter CRT entry mid-session.
See below for the full session result
|
Pos. |
Rider |
Team |
Bike |
Time |
Gap 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1’39.532 | |
| 2 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’39.667 | 0.135 / 0.135 |
| 3 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’40.563 | 1.031 / 0.896 |
| 4 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’40.570 | 1.038 / 0.007 |
| 5 | Casey STONER | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’40.577 | 1.045 / 0.007 |
| 6 | Ben SPIES | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1’41.090 | 1.558 / 0.513 |
| 7 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’41.180 | 1.648 / 0.090 |
| 8 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 1’41.447 | 1.915 / 0.267 |
| 9 | Stefan BRADL | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1’41.550 | 2.018 / 0.103 |
| 10 | Randy DE PUNIET | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 1’41.700 | 2.168 / 0.150 |
| 11 | Karel ABRAHAM | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 1’41.724 | 2.192 / 0.024 |
| 12 | Hector BARBERA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1’41.871 | 2.339 / 0.147 |
| 13 | Valentino ROSSI | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’42.961 | 3.429 / 1.090 |
| 14 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 1’43.135 | 3.603 / 0.174 |
| 15 | Michele PIRRO | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 1’43.363 | 3.831 / 0.228 |
| 16 | Mattia PASINI | Speed Master | ART | 1’44.308 | 4.776 / 0.945 |
| 17 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 1’44.467 | 4.935 / 0.159 |
| 18 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 1’44.645 | 5.113 / 0.178 |
| 19 | Ivan SILVA | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 1’44.717 | 5.185 / 0.072 |
| 20 | James ELLISON | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 1’45.724 | 6.192 / 1.007 |
| 21 | Colin EDWARDS | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 1’46.200 | 6.668 / 0.476 |
