Casey Stoner takes wet Donington pole

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2008-06-21 Casey Stoner takes wet Donington pole
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Casey Stoner takes pole in Donington park

Casey Stoner continued Donington domination in qualifying session by taking pole position, setting times that other riders were not able to follow during the wet qualifying session. This was second consecutive pole for Casey Stoner, who looks like himself from last year. Valentino Rossi managed to grab second position on the grid, 0.649 seconds behind Stoner. Chris Vermeulen got his first front row position in not so short MotoGP career, taking advantage of his skills on wet track.

Nicky Hayden shown that his pneumatic-valve Honda RV212V goes well in wet conditions also by taking 4th place on the grid. Colin Edwards was best satellite Yamaha rider in 5th place, having much more success than his team-mate Toseland who suffered two crashes on home circuit and qualified in worst position so far, 16th.

Andrea Dovizioso piloted his satellite Honda to 7th position on the grid, in front of wet-weather specialist, Anthony West. Ben Spies impressed on his maiden MotoGP qualifying by taking 8th position on the grid, in front of Dani Pedrosa in 9th. Shinya Nakano completed top 10 qualifiers in Donington Park today.

Donington Park - 2008 MotoGP qualifying results

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