MotoGP qualifying at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix on Saturday concluded with Spaniard Dani Pedrosa in pole position, following a superb performance from the Repsol Honda rider.
Pedrosa’s best effort of 1’39.730 gave him a new pole position record and his second pole of 2009, with his nearest rival and compatriot Jorge Lorenzo of the Fiat Yamaha team unable to get within half a second of him.

		Rider	Motorcycle	Team	Lap time	Gap
1		Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′39.730
2		Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′40.236	0.506
3		Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′40.609	0.879
4		Alex De Angelis	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′40.620	0.890
5		Colin Edwards	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′40.961	1.231
6		Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′41.067	1.337
7		Toni Elias	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′41.283	1.553
8		Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′41.309	1.579
9		Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	Hayate Racing Team	1′41.530	1.800
10		James Toseland	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′41.620	1.890
11		Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′41.742	2.012
12		Randy De Puniet	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	1′41.773	2.043
13		Niccolo Canepa	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′41.910	2.180
14		Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′42.038	2.308
15		Mika Kallio	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′42.250	2.520
16		Aleix Espargaro	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′42.577	2.847
17		Gabor Talmacsi	Honda	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	1′42.736	3.006