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Simoncelli ignores threats to take pole
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June 5, 2011, Sunday
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ITALY'S Marco Simoncelli brushed off death threats to take pole position for MotoGP's Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona.
The frizzy-haired Simoncelli nearly slid out on his last qualifying lap yesterday but held on to storm to a quickest time of one minute, 42.413 seconds on his Honda. He will start from pole position today for the first time in the senior category. Simoncelli is accompanied by two police escorts throughout the event at the Catalunya circuit after receiving death threats following his brush with Spain's Dani Pedrosa at the preceding French GP three weeks ago. Pedrosa needed collarbone surgery after the crash and is out of his home race. Australian Casey Stoner, on a Honda, was second in 1:42.429, ahead of world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha, who set a time of 1:42.728. The second row comprised American Ben Spies, Italian Andrea Dovizioso and Britain's Cal Crutchlow.
The frizzy-haired Simoncelli nearly slid out on his last qualifying lap yesterday but held on to storm to a quickest time of one minute, 42.413 seconds on his Honda. He will start from pole position today for the first time in the senior category. Simoncelli is accompanied by two police escorts throughout the event at the Catalunya circuit after receiving death threats following his brush with Spain's Dani Pedrosa at the preceding French GP three weeks ago. Pedrosa needed collarbone surgery after the crash and is out of his home race. Australian Casey Stoner, on a Honda, was second in 1:42.429, ahead of world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha, who set a time of 1:42.728. The second row comprised American Ben Spies, Italian Andrea Dovizioso and Britain's Cal Crutchlow.
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