Surprise! Bautista Wins “Pole Position”

Alvaro Bautista made a surprise at the British Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday (06/16/2012). Honda Gresini rider managed to beat the top riders, so he’s entitled to be in pole position for the sixth MotoGP series, 2012, Sunday (17/6).

It was Bautista’s first pole of his career in the premier class. Bautista also returned with the Gresini occupy pole position, after the late Marco Simoncelli put the team on pole last season.

The Spaniard managed to shift the Yamaha rider, Ben Spies, who since the beginning of the session in the top position. When this qualifying session remaining 19 minutes, Bautista broke the record time of Spies, which eventually 0.106 seconds slower.

The third position is occupied Repsol Honda rider, Casey Stoner, who in the last two free practice mastered the Silverstone Circuit, which has a length of 5.902 kilometers. However, the coherence time is not too far, because the world champion in 2007 and 2011 was “only” 0.120 seconds behind.

Meanwhile, the standings leader who is the Spies team mate, Jorge Lorenzo, had to settle for the start of the second row in fourth place. He will come under pressure from Spanish compatriot, who was his teammate Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, and the Pramac Ducati rider, Hector Barbera, who are respectively fifth and sixth.

The third row will be occupied Ducati rider, Nicky Hayden. 2006 world champion was unable to improve his time because he had an accident on the curve 16, while the remaining 11-minute qualifying. Hayden 0.859 seconds slower.

What about Valentino Rossi, who recorded the best time in first free practice? Ducati champion slumped to No. 10. It seems that “The Doctor” still need to work extra hard to get a good setting if the track is dry, because he is consistent in this position (since the free practice 2). Rossi had crashed during qualifying after just 14 minutes.

MotoGP world champion seven times in the back of this satellite Tech 3 Yamaha rider, Andrea Dovizioso, and LCR Honda rider, Stefan Bradl.

Dovizioso’s teammate, Cal Crutchlow, took no part in this qualification. British rider suffered a sprained ankle injury left foot, following the accident on the third free practice this morning.

- Qualifying

A. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini (RC213V) 2m 3.303s
2. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 2m 3.409s
3. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda (RC213V) 2m 3.423s
4. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 2m 3.763s
5. ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda (RC213V) 2m 3.835s
6. Hector Barbera ESP Pramac Racing (GP12) 2m 3.876s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP12) 2m 4.162s
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Yamaha Monster Tech3 (YZR-M1) 2m 4.304s
9. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 2m 5.035s
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team (GP12) 2m 5.416s
11. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 2m 6.283s
12. Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 2m 6.303s
13. Yonny Hernandez COL Blusens Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 2m 6.814s
14. Michele Pirro ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 2m 7.016s
15. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 2m 7.376s
16. Mattia Pasini ITA Speed ​​Master (ART CRT) 2m 7.511s
17. James Ellison GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 2m 8.228s
18. Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing (Ioda CRT-Aprilia) 2m 8.686s
19. Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 2m 10.092s

Fastest practice time:
Casey Stoner AUS Honda 2m 3.941s (FP3)

Silverstone MotoGP Official records:
Best lap:
Casey Stoner AUS Honda 2m 2.020s (2011)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 2m 3.526s (2010)