MotoGP Assen 2012 – Qualifying Practice

After a few complications in the second and third practice sessions, Casey Stoner was back on track in the qualifying practice of the Assen MotoGP. He was followed by teammate Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo set the third best time.

A nice surprise in the afternoon was Stefan Bradl, who set his best World Superbike qualifying performance and came in fourth. He was followed by Cal Crutchlow, who still seems not fully recovered from his ankle-fracture. Ben Spies took the sixth place and was followed by Andrea Dovizioso.

An unfortunate Alvaro Bautista had crashed out of the final lap, but still managed to secure the eighth place. The top ten was completed by Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi.

Full results TT Assen 2012 Qualifying:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	1	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	01:33.713	15
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	01:33.828	19
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	01:34.001	20
4	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda MotoGP	01:34.035	20
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	01:34.488	17
6	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	01:34.644	16
7	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	01:34.698	17
8	19	Alvaro Bautista	San Carlo Honda Gresini	01:34.722	17
9	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	01:34.751	19
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	01:35.057	22
11	8	Hector Barbera	Pramac Racing Team	01:35.289	16
12	14	Randy de Puniet	Power Electronics Aspar	01:35.830	20
13	41	Aleix Espargaro	Power Electronics Aspar	01:36.007	14
14	51	Michele Pirro	San Carlo Honda Gresini	01:36.647	15
15	54	Mattia Pasini	Speed Master	01:36.943	17
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	Came Ioda Racing Project	01:36.967	22
17	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motorracing	01:37.110	15
18	68	Yonny Hernandez	Avintia Racing MotoGP	01:37.191	18
19	77	James Ellison	Paul Bird Motorsport	01:37.281	19
20	22	Ivan Silva	Avintia Racing MotoGP	01:37.554	17
21	5	Colin Edwards	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	01:38.305	16

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