Laguna Seca Moto GP

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Casey Stoner continued his pole-to-pole run on Saturday afternoon in Laguna Seca, with his fifth consecutive qualifying top spot and a breathtaking series of laps at the scene of the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. The 2007 MotoGP World Champion –winner of last year´s race from pole position- had been peerless throughout the free practice sessions, and confirmed his superiority at the American circuit in the hour-long qualifying run.

Having broken his own circuit record continually with every session, it took just nine laps for Stoner to do so again. Three laps later and the Ducati Marlboro man was down to 1´21.374 without the aid of qualifying tyres, and he finally settled on the definitive pole position record time for the weekend with a jaw-dropping 1´20.700 in the final ten minutes. In doing so he cut the previous best by just over 1.5 seconds.

Nine riders were able to break the 1´22 barrier for the first time in the Saturday session, but none were able to do so over an extended series of laps as the reigning titlist did. His imposing pace will pose plenty of problems for those attempting to stop another victory and an ongoing World Championship fightback from Stoner.

Here are the Final results from qualifying

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 1'20.700 262.773
2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'21.147 259.365 0.447
3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'21.430 256.898 0.730
4 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'21.636 246.631 0.936
5 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 1'21.848 252.336 1.148
6 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'21.921 251.338 1.221
7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 1'21.947 252.749 1.247
8 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'21.971 255.742 1.271
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 1'21.974 256.471 1.274
10 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 1'21.999 251.865 1.299
11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'22.039 255.379 1.339
12 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'22.092 249.884 1.392
13 11 Ben SPIES USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'22.127 256.288 1.427
14 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 1'22.719 257.879 2.019
15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'22.957 254.177 2.257
16 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'23.035 253.759 2.335
17 12 Jamie HACKING USA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 1'23.309 257.142 2.609
18 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 1'24.525 252.218 3.825
Not classified
2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda Lap

Well there you go fellars now it's up to you or the guys in the tipping game anyway.
Now that's taken care of I'm going to bed just got home from Nights.

One last thing to say and that is Gooooooooooooooooo Stoner