Simoncelli takes pole in Assen

Simoncelli takes pole in Assen

ASSEN – A seventy minute long turn dry in the morning to retrieve the annulled yesterday afternoon sun for the afternoon qualifying: MotoGP has been spared by the weather, always extremely variable in Assen with a continuous alternation of sunshine and rain .
The fear of water has “recommended” drivers to push right from the start and so the qualifying session was quite lively, with Marco Simoncelli once again a great protagonist. SuperSic version “Stoner” and can immediately set a high threshold, and then gradually refine it with every passing minute. So came the second pole season, won after that in Barcelona, ??with Marco, who has also shown a step by fear: today is the man to beat.

ANOMALOUS FRONT ROW
A on the side will snap Ben Spies, who finished just 9 thousandths: good performance for the Yamaha rider, who closes for the first time in front of his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, fourth and trailing by four tenths. Casey Stoner in third place, his usual explosive as ever: indeed, for once, Casey has struggled to just get the rhythm in the final and only managed to snatch a good third. The first impression is that on this track, the Honda has the great advantage of the other GP with Yamaha very fast, as confirmed by the sixth place of Cal Crutchlow, a veteran of the operation to his collarbone a few days ago. Andrea Dovizioso fifth to 526 milliseconds from the pole: a good performance for Andrea, who has played in qualifying with a breach of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot, due to a fall in practice in the morning.

DISASTER RED
Only eleventh Valentino Rossi trailing by 1 “846 and behind the Ducati of Abraham (seventh to 1″ from the first 024), Hayden (ninth) and De Puniet (tenth). Up to five minutes from the end, Valentino was even next to last, then, mounting two soft tires – even the front: a bad sign, it means that the dura is not heated – has managed a little ‘to go back, but it is clear that this was not the goal when we decided to venture the GP11.1. In short, there is still a lot ‘to do.

FEAR FOR CAPIROSSI
bad fall for Loris Capirossi, fortunately without serious consequences. “And ‘consciousness, the carry to the hospital only for tests, but there should be no complications,” he reassured all of Dr. Claudio Macclesfield. After a more thorough visit, however, showed that Capirossi had a fractured shoulder, broken ribs and a 3-4 head trauma reabsorbed.

REACTIONS TO THE FIRST HOT
Simoncelli: “I am very happy, the bike is good on both dry and wet (Mark was the fastest in both conditions, nda). Qualifying went well, now it’s time to realize in the race. Up to now have always been quick to Saturday, we hope to continue like this here …. ”
Spies: “It ‘a good feeling to celebrate 50 years of racing with Yamaha on the front row. I could also take pole but Capirossi crashed in front of me and I am a bit ‘scared. In any case, that’s okay: they are in place for the race. ”
Stoner: “We’re a little ‘in difficulty, we are not perfectly centered with the setting and my race pace is not very good. We absolutely must take a step forward, although, overall, we are not in bad shape. ” Rank 1SIMONCELLI M. San Carlo Honda Gresini1: 34,718 +0,009 2SPIES B. Yamaha Factory Racing Team Repsol Honda +0,290 3STONER C. J. 4LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing +0,425 +0,526 5DOVIZIOSO A. Repsol Honda Team Monster Yamaha Tech 3 6CRUTCHLOW C. +0,611 +1,024 Motoracing 7ABRAHAM K. Cardion AB C. 8EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +1,100 +1,148 9HAYDEN No. Team Ducati Pramac 10DE PUNIET R. Racing Team +1,717 +1,846 11ROSSI V. Ducati Team 12AOYAMA +1,862 H. H. Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 13BARBERA +1,872

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/oYuUVMdj2Sx/Simoncelli+takes+pole+in+Assen

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