26 – Dani Pedrosa Fan Site

1. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 43m08.991s
2. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
3. Toni Elias (Gresini Honda)
4. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda)
5. Loris Capirossi (Suzuki)
6. Nicky Hayden (Ducati)
7. Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha)
8. Alex de Angelis (Gresini Honda)
9. James Toseland (Tech 3 Yamaha)
10. Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda)
11. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki)
12. Niccolo Canepa (Pramac Ducati)
13. Gabor Talmacsi (Scot Honda)

Pedrosa qualified third behind 2 Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Meanwhile, Elias was fourth and Edwards fifth.
Read the complete qualifying results below.

1. Rossi
2. Lorenzo
3. Pedrosa
4. Elias
5. Edwards
6. Dovizioso
7. de Angelis
8. Hayden
9. Capirossi
10. Kallio
11. Vermeulen
12. Canepa
13. de Puniet
14. Toseland
15. Melandri
16. Fabrizio
17. Talmacsi

Dani Pedrosa was second fastest on Saturday Free Practice session of Brno GP. Stoner has pulled out from this race as well as two other races after Brno.
Lorenzo tops the Saturday free practice.

1. Lorenzo
2. Pedrosa
3. Rossi
4. Edwards
5. Capirossi
6. Elias
7. Dovizioso
8. Kallio
9. de Angelis
10. Hayden
11. Melandri
12. Toseland
13. Canepa
14. Vermeulen
15. de Puniet
16. Fabrizio
17. Talmacsi

FIM has released the provisional calendar for 2010 season.

1. 11 April - Qatar – Losail *
2. 25 April – Japan – Motegi
3. 2 May – Spain – Jerez
4. 16 May – France – Le Mans
5. 30 May – Italy – Mugello
6. 6 June - Great Britain – Silverstone
7. 26 June – Netherlands – Assen #
8. 4 July – Catalunya – Catalunya
9. 18 July – Germany – Sachsenring
10. 25 July – United States – Laguna Seca ##
11. 15 August - Czech Republic – Brno
12. 29 August – Indianapolis – Indianapolis
13. 12 September – San Marino & Riviera di Rimini – Misano
14. 19 September – Hungary – Balatonring
15. 10 October – Malaysia – Sepang
16. 17 October – Australia – Phillip Island
17. 31 October – Portugal – Estoril
18. 7 November Valencia Ricardo Tormo-Valencia

* Evening Race
# Saturday Race
## Only MotoGP class

In the event that one of the circuits is not able to comply with the requirements to hold the scheduled Grand Prix, the Motorland Aragon Circuit would host a reserve “event” on the same day.

Dani Pedrosa finished ninth on British GP last weekend. Dani started from second position and managed to do quite well until the rain starts pouring.

MotoGP.com quoted him:

“At the beginning I was feeling good on the Bridgestone slicks and was able to judge my pace well according to the conditions. As the rain came however, I couldn’t maintain the temperature in the tyres and when this happens the grip really goes away and I wasn’t able to control the bike as I wanted. On the grid I was sure my tyre choice was correct, but with 10 laps to go I thought that maybe I should go into the pits and change to wets, but it wasn’t worth losing 20 seconds for the bike change because the lap times of the riders on the wet tyres were the same as the times on slicks.”

Dani is currently 4th on the Championship standings. Valentino Rossi still leads despite finishing fifth on Donington. Complete race results under the cut.

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Dani Pedrosa continued his strong and promising pace on Donnington MotoGP Qualifying. He finished second in the qualifying session, which earned him first-row-grid start. Valentino Rossi, despite admitting he has some problems with the bike, qualified first.
Complete qualifying results under the cut.

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