Lorenzo puts Yamaha on Pole for Laguna Seca MotoGP

29th July 2012

Lorenzo claims fourth consecutive Laguna Seca pole.

The Championship leader was straight into the top spot at the beginning of the qualifying practice and was only challenged by rival Casey Stoner towards the end of the session. Lorenzo responded in the last seconds with an incredible lap, coming from a slow first split to an unbeatable last taking pole 0.074 seconds clear. The time of 120.554 stands as a new lap record for the circuit.

Ben Spies continued to show the consistent fast pace in evidence from the first practice yesterday, moving quickly up to the top five early in the session. The Texan was provisionally on the front row for some time before dropping just outside it to fourth. A big high side at turn three threatened to bring an end to his qualifying however he made it back and out again on his second bike to complete the heat. He starts on the second row in fourth, 0.54 seconds from pole.

Jorge Lorenzo

"I knew Casey and Dani were going to try and take pole but I really wanted it here in America so I tried my best for Yamaha. I pushed to the limit, especially in the last corner, I was at full lean and opened the throttle really soon. In my first two tries for a perfect lap there was a lot of traffic so I had to wait for the right moment. The important thing is tomorrow, pole position is nice but anyway the race is what counts."

Ben Spies

"Today was ok, we obviously had a crash which was unfortunate as I think we could have got on the front row. I was feeling really good I just maybe didnt let the right side of the tyre heat up to quite the right temperature and had a pretty big high side. Anyway we got back out and were able to do the same times as before the crash. I need to get some x-rays to check my heel as I took a big hit on it in the crash."

 

1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m20.554s
2.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m20.628s  + 0.074s
3.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m20.906s  + 0.352s
4.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m21.094s  + 0.540s
5.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m21.268s  + 0.714s
6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m21.539s  + 0.985s
7.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m21.732s  + 1.178s
8.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m21.734s  + 1.180s
9.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m21.753s  + 1.199s
10.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m22.544s  + 1.990s
11.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m22.886s  + 2.332s
12.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m23.075s  + 2.521s
13.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m23.699s  + 3.145s
14.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m23.704s  + 3.150s
15.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m23.769s  + 3.215s
16.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m23.877s  + 3.323s
17.  Toni Elias        Pramac Ducati             1m23.898s  + 3.344s
18.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m24.017s  + 3.463s
19.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m24.227s  + 3.673s
20.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m24.560s  + 4.006s
21.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m24.715s  + 4.161s
22.  Steve Rapp        Attack-Kawasaki           1m26.887s  + 6.333s

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