250: Lorenzo loses pole.
Dovizioso, so desperately disappointed at his home race in Misano when his bike broke down, was a focused man coming 𝕴out for the second quarter litre 𒉰qualifying session. A 1min 40.355secs lap gave him the new pole record at the Estoril circuit, and was over a second quicker than Roberto Locatelli's previous fastest time from 2006.
By contrast, Lorenzo was 🤡the only rider in thꦓe top 18 unable improve on his times. The Spaniard was half a second slower this afternoon, but his fine ride yesterday assured another front row for the Aprilia star.
Dovizioso, so d🌺esperately disappointed at his home race in Misano when his bike broke down, was 🏅a focused man coming out for the second quarter litre qualifying session. A 1min 40.355secs lap gave him the new pole record at the Estoril circuit, and was over a second quicker than Roberto Locatelli's previous fastest time from 2006.
By contrast, Lorenzo was the only rider in the top 18 unable improve on his times. The Spaniard was half a second slower this afternoon, but his fine ride yesterday assured another front row forꦬ the Aprilia star.
The session was incident-filled, as tempers heated up to accompany the Portuguese weather. Dovizioso gesticulated at 250cc rookie Karel Abraham when he adjudged the Czech rider to have come too close to him, whilst Lorenzo l♒ashed out with a kick at Marco Simoncelli when trying to put in a fast lap.
The 250cc title leader also gave an important psychological boost to Dovizioso when undertaking his final hot lap, 💦nearly losing the back of his bike right in front of the Itali𒊎an.
Mika Kallio compl🌠etes the front๊ row as the highest placing KTM, ahead of Hiroshi Aoayma, Alvaro Bautista, Julian Simon and title contender Alex de Angelis.
Final qualifying - Estoril:
1. Dovizioso (Honda)
2. Lorenzo (Aprilia) +0.125secs
3. Barbera (Aprilia) +0.344secs
4. Kallio (KTM) +0.496secs
5. H. Aoyama (KTM) +0.501secs
6. Bautista (Aprilia) +0.529secs
7. Simon (Honda) +0.738secs
8. de Angelis (Aprilia) +0.745secs
9. Takahashi (Honda) +0.802secs
10. Luthi (Aprilia) +0.821secs
17. Laverty (Honda) +2.777secs
24. Linfoot (Aprilia) +4.184secs
DNQ Lawrence (Aprilia) +7.980secs
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 year🔴s and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
