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AAP Sports News (Australia), May, 2009
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
05-17-2009
Motor: Pedrosa takes pole in French MotoGP
LE MANS, France, May 16 AFP - Australia's Casey Stoner will start third on the grid
at the French MotoGP after Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa grabbed pole for the second successive
year on Saturday.
Honda rider Pedrosa timed 1min 33.974sec to edge out compatriot Jorge Lorenzo, on a
Yamaha, and Ducati's Stoner.
Australian Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen was seventh fastest.
Championship leader Valentino Rossi, seeking a 99th career win, was fourth fastest
on a Yamaha while fellow Italian Marco Melandri will start on the third line of the grid
despite suffering a spectacular fall in qualifying.
He was more fortunate than Spanish veteran Sete Gibernau, who will not...
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