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Hot Lorenzo grabs pole position for Malaysia GP
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October 21, 2012, Sunday
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JORGE Lorenzo's record-shattering late burst put the MotoGP championship leader on pole position for today's Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit.
The Yamaha rider cranked up the pace in the closing stages of yesterday's session to clock a record lap of two minutes 0.334 seconds and snatch his seventh pole position of the season ahead of title rival and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa (2:00.528).
While it was uncannily similar to his pole-grabbing display in Japan last week, Lorenzo will be hoping to prevent a repeat of the Motegi race in which Honda's Pedrosa recorded his fourth win in five races to maintain his late-season title push.
Despite a strong start to the session, Lorenzo dropped off the provisional front row as Pedrosa grabbed the lead, surrendered it to Andrea Dovizioso and wrested it back, only to lose it again in the dying minutes.
Lorenzo reclaimed top spot from Pedrosa with a stunning 2:00.438 and followed it with a flying final effort to set a new pole record at the circuit. "We need to still work a little on our pace as it's not extremely good yet but we have some options for tomorrow," Lorenzo, 25, said.
Lorenzo's teammate Dovizioso (2:00.567) finished third as Yamaha squeezed two bikes on to the front row.
Australian world champion Casey Stoner (2:00.811), still lacking speed after an ankle injury, struggled with the set-up of his Honda but still led the second row, ahead of the Yamaha duo of Briton Cal Crutchlow and American Ben Spies.
Lorenzo leads the championship standings on 310 points to Pedrosa's 282 with Stoner a distant third on 197.
The Yamaha rider cranked up the pace in the closing stages of yesterday's session to clock a record lap of two minutes 0.334 seconds and snatch his seventh pole position of the season ahead of title rival and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa (2:00.528).
While it was uncannily similar to his pole-grabbing display in Japan last week, Lorenzo will be hoping to prevent a repeat of the Motegi race in which Honda's Pedrosa recorded his fourth win in five races to maintain his late-season title push.
Despite a strong start to the session, Lorenzo dropped off the provisional front row as Pedrosa grabbed the lead, surrendered it to Andrea Dovizioso and wrested it back, only to lose it again in the dying minutes.
Lorenzo reclaimed top spot from Pedrosa with a stunning 2:00.438 and followed it with a flying final effort to set a new pole record at the circuit. "We need to still work a little on our pace as it's not extremely good yet but we have some options for tomorrow," Lorenzo, 25, said.
Lorenzo's teammate Dovizioso (2:00.567) finished third as Yamaha squeezed two bikes on to the front row.
Australian world champion Casey Stoner (2:00.811), still lacking speed after an ankle injury, struggled with the set-up of his Honda but still led the second row, ahead of the Yamaha duo of Briton Cal Crutchlow and American Ben Spies.
Lorenzo leads the championship standings on 310 points to Pedrosa's 282 with Stoner a distant third on 197.
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