Casey Stoner will start the Iveco Australian Grand Prix on pole position for the second year running, after topping Saturday’s qualifying timesheet.

		Rider	Motorcycle	Team	Lap time	Gap
1		Casey Stoner	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′30.341
2		Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′30.391	0.050
3		Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′31.070	0.729
4		Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′31.071	0.730
5		Colin Edwards	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′31.096	0.755
6		Alex De Angelis	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′31.260	0.919
7		Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′31.325	0.984
8		Randy De Puniet	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	1′31.380	1.039
9		Mika Kallio	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′31.384	1.043
10		Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′31.472	1.131
11		Toni Elias	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′31.640	1.299
12		James Toseland	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′31.722	1.381
13		Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′31.873	1.532
14		Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	Hayate Racing Team	1′32.190	1.849
15		Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′32.338	1.997
16		Gabor Talmacsi	Honda	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	1′32.752	2.411
17		Niccolo Canepa	Ducati	Pramac Racing		Lap

Jorge Lorenzo maintained the pressure on his championship rival and team-mate Valentino Rossi at Estoril by taking pole position at the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal.

		Rider	Motorcycle	Team	Lap time	Gap
1		Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′36.214
2		Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′36.474	0.260
3		Casey Stoner	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′36.528	0.314
4		Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′36.702	0.488
5		Colin Edwards	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′37.142	0.928
6		Randy De Puniet	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	1′37.448	1.234
7		Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′37.489	1.275
8		Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′37.541	1.327
9		Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′37.654	1.440
10		Mika Kallio	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′37.813	1.599
11		Alex De Angelis	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′37.822	1.608
12		James Toseland	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′37.823	1.609
13		Toni Elias	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′37.911	1.697
14		Niccolo Canepa	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′38.042	1.828
15		Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′38.342	2.128
16		Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	Hayate Racing Team	1′38.538	2.324
17		Gabor Talmacsi	Honda	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	1′39.320	3.106

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