Moto GP NewsBy: Garry MorrowPosted: Sunday, 8th November, 2009 : 8:47 AM – - 140 Reads - Ducati Team rider Casey Stoner will start the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship from the front of the grid after a dominant performance in today’s single qualifying practice for the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. The Australian, who is fighting for third in the championship, was rarely troubled at the top of the time sheets taking the front spot by almost three tenths of a second over the Spanish duo of Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo. For Stoner this is his second pole position at the Spanish track in successive seasons. Tomorrow the 2007 World Champion chases a repeat of his win here last year and a hat-trick of back-to-back victories to round off the 2009 season. “We’ve been fastest in every session so far so we have to be pleased with that and the fact we were able to do most of the lap times we did on a race tyre today is a good sign, Stoner said. “I felt pretty comfortable out there but one of the softer rear tyres pushed the front that bit harder and it folded on me in four or five corners. It’s a shame because potentially we could have gone that bit quicker but I can’t complain. We’re on pole position again, in good shape for the race tomorrow and looking forward to it. Hopefully the weather holds out because it would be nice for everybody to end the season with a good race,” he concluded. With just three minutes remaining Pedrosa was fourth but a superb final run promoted him to the front row, despite the blustery conditions which gave riders plenty to think about. The wind itself was not the only problem, because the strong gusts were blowing dust onto the track surface, compromising grip from one corner to the next. “I’m very pleased to be on the front row here, and the qualifying session went quite well for us,” Pedrosa said. “We’re still not at 100 per cent in set-up terms – especially in T3 where we’re losing some time. So if we can get that sorted out then I think our pace can be quite strong tomorrow,…

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