Losail, 11 April: LCR Honda MotoGP rider Randy De Puniet had a positive night at Losail race track ending the MotoGP’s floodlit qualifying session in 7th place. The Frenchman riding the Honda RC212V nr. 14 and his squad managed to get the 9th position in the second 45-minute free session at 7 pm local time. De Puniet circulated the “desert” circuit 36 times during the two sessions clocking his quickest time of 1’56.358.
Despite some poor rain in the evening the track surface reached 25°C with all the riders making their tyres choices for tomorrows 22-lap night event that gets underway at 23:00 local time. Today’s frontrunner Stoner topped the board with a 1’55.286 lap followed by Rossi and Lorenzo.
De Puniet – 7th – 1’56.358
De Puniet: “I am happy because we made a good job during the three sessions and improved a lot my feeling on qualifiers. We made some adjustments on the setting and now the bike turns better and I feel more aggressive in the corner entry. I was expecting this since a long time so I feel quite satisfied. The winter was hard as we missed some track time so we are very pleased with this third row. I am getting used to Bridgestone tyres and feel more comfortable now. I aim to finish the race in the top six”.
1 27 Casey STONER Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'55.286
2 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'55.759
3 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'55.783
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'55.977
5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'56.149
6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'56.194
7 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'56.358
8 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'56.493
9 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'56.790
10 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'56.852
11 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'56.962
12 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'57.225
13 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'57.510
14 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'57.729
15 59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 1'57.899
16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'58.215
17 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'58.784
18 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'58.999
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