MOTORCYCLING Live

Moto GP

Saturday April 25, 2009 | Finished

P.	Driver	Team	Time
1	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera Metis	1:53.093
2	Hiroshi Aoyama	Scot Racing Team 250cc	1:53.695
3	Alvaro Bautista	Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia	1:53.836
4	Mattia Pasini	Team Toth Aprilia	1:53.940
5	Héctor Barberá	Pepe World Team	1:54.497
6	Raffaele De Rosa	Scot Racing Team 250cc	1:54.584
7	Gabor Talmacsi	Balaton Racing Team 250cc	1:54.594
8	Mike Di Meglio	Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia	1:54.595
9	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera Metis	1:54.757
10	Alex Debon	Aprilia Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens	1:55.103
11	Lukas Pesek	Auto Kelly - CP	1:55.158
12	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda Thaï	1:55.208
13	Thomas Luthi	Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia	1:55.453
14	Jules Cluzel	Matteoni Racing	1:55.538
15	Hector Faubel	Thai Honda PTT SAG	1:55.588
16	Karel Abraham	Aprilia Cardion	1:55.724
17	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda HRC	1:55.929
18	Alex Baldolini	WTR San Marino Team Aprilia	1:56.017
19	Kazuki Watanabe		1:57.274
20	Imre Toth	Aprilia Toth	1:58.727
21	Axel Pons	Pepe World Team	2:01.044
22	Vladimir Leonov	Viessman Kiefer Racing	2:01.447
23	Bastien Chesaux	Racing Team Germany	2:01.953
24	Aitor Rodriguez	Aprilia Madrid	2:03.437
25	Shouya Tomizawa	CIP Moto-GP250	2:03.878

- The qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi has been officially postponed for an hour, in the vain hope that the conditions will improve sufficiently for racing.
- The characters of the riders are highlighted in this strange situation of loitering around, with a very small chance of the session going ahead at all. Some are messing around, like Jorge Lorenzo, with his team and having fun, while others are pacing agitated in front of their garage, like Casey Stoner.
- As the rain continues to teem it down, seemingly unrelenting, the stewards bustle about attempting to salvage this qualifying session, but it does not look likely at this stage.
- Welcome to live text commentary of qualifying in Japan as round two of the Moto GP season is put in severe doubt with torrential rain proving a distinct obstacle.