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In-form Pedrosa claims first pole of season

Spanish Honda rider Dani Pedrosa clinched his first pole position of the season with the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday for Sunday's Czech Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old, who had dominated both free practice sessions on Friday, clocked 1min 56.591sec to edge out Yamaha's defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain by 0.113sec.

Pedrosa's Honda teammate Casey Stoner of Australia, the world championship leader, came in third after topping the last free practice on Saturday morning on a wet track that had dried by the qualifying session.

Pedrosa's performance comes on the back of winning the German Grand Prix last month, completing a stunning comeback after he broke his right collarbone in the French race in May which saw him miss three races and ruin his chances of winning the world title.

"It's my first pole of the year and also after a long time, so I'm very happy for that. The weekend has been pretty good for us so far, the bike is working well and I'm feeling good physically as well," said Pedrosa.

"Let's hope we are able to keep the pace tomorrow and fight for a good result," added the Spaniard who is fourth in the championship.

Lorenzo, trailing Stoner by 20 points in the second place overall, was also happy with his performance.

"Yesterday things weren?t like we expected, but we made some changes and improved braking to make the bike more stable. The pace in the last laps was quite good, so we?re happy," he said.

"Tomorrow we aim for the podium, or if possible, to win the race," added Lorenzo, who won at Brno last year.

Stoner, who has won five out of ten races this season, including the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca on July 24, blamed the rain that prevented him from testing his Honda properly on Saturday morning.

"Also, the session didn't start too well with a fast crash in turn three which lost us some time and obviously dented my confidence a little," he said.

"I felt qualifying could have been better, we almost lapped with the same time on old and new tyres but in general we have a lot of work to do.

"We're obviously happy with front row, but we're not really where we want to be with the bike and there is still a lot of work to do," said Stoner.

US rider Ben Spies of Yamaha came in fourth ahead of Italy's Marco Simoncelli on a Honda and another Valentino Rossi on a Ducati, who has won five MotoGP races in Brno.

The slippery morning practice turned the Brno trip into a nightmare for John Hopkins, a US superbike rider hired by the Rizla Suzuki team just for this race.

Hopkins crashed and broke a finger, which ruled him out of the qualifying session.

Britain's Cal Crutchlow and Czech Karel Abraham both crashed in the qualifying practice.

In Moto2, Spain's Marc Marquez on a Suter claimed pole position in 2min 02.493sec ahead of championship leader Stefan Bradl of Germany on a Kalex and Italy's Alex De Angelis on a Motobi.

The 125cc championship leader, Nicolas Terol of Spain on an Aprilia, secured the front post on the grid in 2min 08.118sec, ahead of France's Johann Zarco on a Derbi and German rider Sandro Cortese on an Aprilia.

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/7Y3gcWECkck/form+Pedrosa+claims+first+pole+season

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MotoGP: Second Half of the Season Kicks off with US GP

The Golden State played host to MotoGP this weekend, with the premier class racing under perfect California weather (despite a typically dreary coastal morning). With riders having to contend with the cold mornings and hot afternoons, the record gate-atteneded Laguna Seca circuit, with its roller-coaster Cork Screw turn, threw every trick it had at the GP racers. Despite its best efforts, Seca could not get the better of Jorge Lorenzo, who had been strong all ...

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2011 Laguna Seca MotoGP Friday Press Release Round Up

A bumper crop of press releases from the MotoGP teams at Laguna Seca. Because of European newspaper deadlines, some teams issued two press releases, one after FP1 and another at the end of the day. Below are the press releases:

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Watch WSBK Brno live Streaming Online 2011 Czech Republic World Superbike HD Video Race

Hello Racefans ! The World Superbike series heads to the Czech Republic this weekend for Round 8 of the 2011 Championship. The Brno circuit plays host to a tightening three-way battle in the premier SBK class, as Althea Ducati?s Carlos Checa looks to hold his points advantage over former GP foes, Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri.

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Tournament Info:
Event: FIM Superbike World Championship 2011
Name: Brno WSBK Race
Stage: WSBK Round 8
Duration: Friday, 08 July? Sunday, 11 July 2011
Track: Brno, Salt Lake City, Utah
Day1 Practice: 11.30(Local), Friday, 08 July 2011
Day1 Practice: 15.30(Local), Friday, 08 July, 2011
Day2 Practice: 10.45? 15.40(Local), Saturday, 09 July, 2011
WSBK Race 1: 12.00(Local), Sunday, 10 July 2011
WSBK Race 2: 15.30(Local), Sunday, 10 July 2011

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Checa and Melandri are under Biaggi’s attack. Three victories and a total of seven podium finishes in eight races that the prize of Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) at Brno (Czech Republic) since his arrived in Superbike. His results are truly impressive, given that no one has ever qualified and has never finished a race below the fourth. And if we add the three victories and four 500/MotoGP in 250 GP, we can say that the 2010 World Champion is a favorite of the eighth round of the 2011 Championship.

?Last year we did not have such a great race but that was down to a tire choice,? explained Checa. ?I think we have great potential this year; of course we have a disadvantage when it comes to power, especially on the uphill and the straight but I am confident and I think the work we?ve been doing this year will help us.?

If Max Biaggi is the rider who has the best positions in Brno, Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea Racing) will try to keep his advantage (43 points) in the standings, just against the World Champion. The Spaniard has gone up only once on the podium in race 1 of 2009 (second place) in six appearances in the Czech Republic, but this year has so far failed to overturn a number of predictions.

Track details
Circuit Name: Automotodrom Brno
Location: Czech Republic
Circuit length: 5.403 km  (3.357 mi)
Turns: 13 (8 right, 5 left)
Pole Position: Left, Laps: 20
Maximum Slope: 7.5% 

 
Along the 5,403 m. of the track – which has considerable variations in altitude and fourteen turns – are expected, as usual, many fans, not only from Eastern Europe, but also from Italy and Germany.
2011 World Superbike Points Current Standings
After – WSBK Round 7 – Sun 06/19/11

Pos ??? Rider ??? Points

1. Carlos Checa ??? 261
2. Max Biaggi ??? 218
3. Marco Melandri ??? 195
4. Eugene Laverty ??? 146
5. Leon Camier ??? 125
6. Leon Haslam ??? 120
7. Michel Fabrizio ??? 108
8. Jonathan Rea ??? 94
9. Noriyuki Haga ??? 89
10. Ayrton Badovini ??? 86

Event Schedule Brno
Friday, 08 July 2011
11.30 ?? Free practice (60 min)
15.30 ?? Qualifying practice (60 min)

Saturday, 09 July, 2011
10.45 ?? Qualifying practice (45 min)
13.45 ?? Free practice (45 min)
15.00 ?? Superpole 1 (14 min)
15.21 ?? Superpole 2 (12 min)
15.40 ?? Superpole 3 (10 min)

Sunday, 10 July 2011
09.20 ?? Warm-up (15 min)
12.00 ?? Race 1
15.30 ?? Race 2

 

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The Champion and the Apprentice

The Fiat Yamaha team have been surrounded by hype this past few weeks. Not, as an outsider might expect, caused by a battle to re-sign the reigning champion: Rossi’s contract ends at the end of the 2010 championship, and he looks settled, happy, and at one with the bike he helped shape and tune into [...]

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