Dovizioso takes first pole at Motegi.

Andrea Dovizioso has taken at pole position at the 2010 Motegi MotoGP round.

Honda  – and Dovizioso – on Pole at Motegi

With team mate Dani Pedrosa out of the 2010 Motegi MotoGP round, Andrea Dovizioso has flown the  Honda flag by taking his first ever pole position.

Valentino Rossi won the Yamaha arm wrestle, knocking Lorenzo off the front row on his final flying lap. Casey Stoner will start from the front row in 3rd.

1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda  1’47.001
2 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1’47.055
3 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati  1’47.105
4 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha  1’47.206
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha  1’47.464
6  Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 290.4 1’47.648
7  Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 290.1 1’47.752
8 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1’47.914
9 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1’48.002
10  Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki  1’48.068
11 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1’48.182
12 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda  1’48.238
13 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati  1’48.371
14 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda  1’48.396
15 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati  1’48.535
16 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati  1’49.480