With power issues plaguing Friday’s Free Practice sessions, MotoGP took to the track Saturday in full-effort as riders and teams scrambled to make up for lost time. One of five races remaining in the season, the Aragon GP continues Jorge Lorenzo’s do or die point of the season, as the reigning-World Champion is on a campaign to claw back Casey Stoner’s 35 point lead in the MotoGP Championship standings. With the Yamaha’s struggling at Motorland Aragon, the Spaniard certainly has a tough a weekend ahead of him, especially since both Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa looked to be well on top of their game in the two practice sessions.
News has been percolating for Ducati as well, as Valentino Rossi will finally ride on the much rumored aluminum chassis this weekend. While Rossi and the Corse crew struggle to adjust to yet another major modification to the Ducati Desmosedici, Randy de Puniet proved to be the fastest Italian bike man at Aragon leading up to qualifying. Also showing strong improvement in this homestretch of the season, Alvaro Bautista has been on a tear lately, and will be man to watch come Sunday’s race. Check after the jump for Qualifying results at the Aragon Gp>
Qualifying Results from the Aragon GP at Motorland Aragon, Spain:
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Nation | Team | Time | Diff. |
| 1 | 27 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | 1’48.451 | – |
| 2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’48.747 | 0.296 |
| 3 | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | 1’49.155 | 0.704 |
| 4 | 1 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | 1’49.270 | 0.819 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’49.372 | 0.921 |
| 6 | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 1’49.528 | 1.077 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | 1’49.752 | 1.301 |
| 8 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | 1’49.777 | 1.326 |
| 9 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | San Carlo Honda Gresini | 1’49.813 | 1.362 |
| 10 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Pramac Racing Team | 1’49.826 | 1.375 |
| 11 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | 1’49.883 | 1.432 |
| 12 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’49.893 | 1.442 |
| 13 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | 1’49.960 | 1.509 |
| 14 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | 1’49.976 | 1.525 |
| 15 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’50.105 | 1.654 |
| 16 | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI | ITA | Pramac Racing Team | 1’50.752 | 2.301 |
| 17 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | LCR Honda MotoGP | 1’51.073 | 2.622 |
Source: MotoGP; Photo: Honda
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