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MOTOGP: Stoner Steals First Pole Of ‘12
Casey Stoner was a bit surprised to claim the pole today in Estoril but is confident in his race set-up.
Repsol Honda's Casey Stoner (Photo: HRC)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 3 of the MotoGP World Championship from Estoril, Portugal will air LIVE on SPEED on Sunday, May 6 at 8:00am ET. Qualifying will air LIVE all season long on SPEED2. #SPEEDmoto
Casey Stoner took his first pole position of the season with Dani Pedrosa in second just 0.013 off his teammate in a dramatic qualifying practice session at the Estoril circuit.
Both Repsol Honda riders sealed their front row spots for the Grand Prix of Portugal in the dying minutes of the session, which was interrupted by a red flag with eleven minutes remaining due to a crash involving Randy De Puniet and Colin Edwards.
The Repsol Honda Team is prepared for a big battle tomorrow with Casey looking for his first victory at this track in the premier class. Dani will be hoping to repeat the win he achieved here last year and also take his 100th career podium.
CASEY STONER 1st 1'37.188
"In general it's been a good day for us and I'm really happy to get pole. FP3 was positive and we made progress on the bike, we had the bike turning well with good front feeling. Unfortunately in qualifying we tried to improve it further but managed to lose the good points! We did find a little better feeling in the rear but we couldn't get the bike to turn and do what we wanted it to. We didn't really feel we had the pace to be on pole today, but after the red flag came out with 10 minutes remaining we were able to get out there and put together a good enough lap to take pole. We've been pretty fast in every session and our race pace gives us confidence but we'll have to have a think about which set up direction we go for in warm up and hope this is the best for the race. I was sorry to see Colin (Edwards) has broken his collar bone again and I send him by best wishes."
DANI PEDROSA 2nd 1'37.201
"I think we did a good job in qualifying and to be on the front row here after all the issues we had is a great thing. I couldn't put too many good laps together because I had some problems on the bike, first with the brakes, then with the electronics and by the end I was feeling good but we had to stop again due to the red flag. I honestly think that in the last minutes of the session I could have taken the pole but there was a lot of traffic and I missed it by just 0.013. The race will be very tough tomorrow because the track conditions are poor, the grip is low, and it makes the tires spin a lot. We will try to set up our bike a little better for tomorrow to do our best in the race."
Casey Stoner took his first pole position of the season with Dani Pedrosa in second just 0.013 off his teammate in a dramatic qualifying practice session at the Estoril circuit.
Both Repsol Honda riders sealed their front row spots for the Grand Prix of Portugal in the dying minutes of the session, which was interrupted by a red flag with eleven minutes remaining due to a crash involving Randy De Puniet and Colin Edwards.
The Repsol Honda Team is prepared for a big battle tomorrow with Casey looking for his first victory at this track in the premier class. Dani will be hoping to repeat the win he achieved here last year and also take his 100th career podium.
CASEY STONER 1st 1'37.188
"In general it's been a good day for us and I'm really happy to get pole. FP3 was positive and we made progress on the bike, we had the bike turning well with good front feeling. Unfortunately in qualifying we tried to improve it further but managed to lose the good points! We did find a little better feeling in the rear but we couldn't get the bike to turn and do what we wanted it to. We didn't really feel we had the pace to be on pole today, but after the red flag came out with 10 minutes remaining we were able to get out there and put together a good enough lap to take pole. We've been pretty fast in every session and our race pace gives us confidence but we'll have to have a think about which set up direction we go for in warm up and hope this is the best for the race. I was sorry to see Colin (Edwards) has broken his collar bone again and I send him by best wishes."
DANI PEDROSA 2nd 1'37.201
"I think we did a good job in qualifying and to be on the front row here after all the issues we had is a great thing. I couldn't put too many good laps together because I had some problems on the bike, first with the brakes, then with the electronics and by the end I was feeling good but we had to stop again due to the red flag. I honestly think that in the last minutes of the session I could have taken the pole but there was a lot of traffic and I missed it by just 0.013. The race will be very tough tomorrow because the track conditions are poor, the grip is low, and it makes the tires spin a lot. We will try to set up our bike a little better for tomorrow to do our best in the race."
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