SPOILER: German MotoGP Qualifying

well.....




In treacherous conditions Valentino Rossi snatched pole position from team mate Jorge Lorenzo after the flag at the end of the session.

In pissing rain riders were falling left right and centre, mostly at the downhill left handed turn 8. Highsides from de Puniet, Elias, Melandri, Kallio a nasty one from de Angelis and a bizarre incident between Hayden and Canepa when Hayden was highsided off his Ducati and took Canepa off his bike with his body while upside down in the air!

Grid:

Rossi
Lorenzo
Stoner
Hayden
De Angelis
De Puniet
Edwards
Pedrosa
Capirossi
Kallio
Dovizioso
Vermeulen
Melandri
Toseland
Canepa
Talmacsi
Elias

The Hayden crash was incredible. Incredible that they both survived relatively intact. Check it out at 0:40 on this:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3URY5GK2mgc]YouTube - A selection of the most spectacular crashes at the Alice Mot[/ame]

Dani Pedrosa could be having flashbacks to last year as well, (crashing whilst 7 seconds in front.. on his own), could be why he's qualified so low.

Should be an interesting race tonight.

:rockon:

Wow,some nasty high sides.

Nicky may be getting that Duc figured out, sure would be nice to see him on the box.