MotoGP: Stoner goes for a seventh pole at Misano

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Ducati Marlboro's Casey Stoner clinched his seventh pole position following an almost total domination of all practices at the Misano circuit in San Marino .Stoner finished over half a second over both Fiat Yamaha's drivers Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo who finished respectively second and third.Honda LCR's Randy de Puniet leads the second row of the grid, ahead of Toni Elias's Alice Ducati and Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.
Qualifying Results: Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:33.378 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 1:33.888 + 0.510 3. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 1:33.964 + 0.586 4. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 1:34.236 + 0.858 5. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 1:34.322 + 0.944 6. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:34.398 + 1.020 7. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:34.461 + 1.083 8. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 1:34.494 + 1.116 9. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 1:34.652 + 1.27410. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:34.795 + 1.41711. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 1:34.926 + 1.54812. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 1:34.961 + 1.58313. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1:35.153 + 1.77514. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 1:35.381 + 2.00315. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 1:35.418 + 2.04016. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:35.584 + 2.20617. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 1:35.980 + 2.60218. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:37.047 + 3.669