Friday, 12th October 2007

Reigning 250cc world champion and 2007 title leader Jorge Lorenzo was in a class of his own during first qualifying at Phillip Island.

The 2008 Yamaha MotoGP rider had held a huge 1.47secs advantage with just five minutes to go, before a late effort by Hector Barbera made the Team Toth rider the only man within one second of fellow Spaniard Lorenzo, having lapped 0.717secs behind the #1.

Alex de Angelis took a provisional third, 1.179secs from pole, with Andrea Dovizioso again the top Honda, in fourth.


First qualifying – Phillip Island:

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1. Lorenzo (Aprilia)
2. Barbera (Aprilia) +0.717secs
3. de Angelis (Aprilia) +1.179secs
4. Dovizioso (Honda) +1.358secs
5. Simoncelli (Gilera) +1.372secs
6. Bautista (Aprilia) +1.517secs
7. H. Aoyama (KTM) +1.670secs
8. Simon (Honda) +1.692secs
9. S. Aoyama (Honda) +2.033secs
10. Kallio (KTM) +2.168secs

26. Laverty (Honda) +28.136secs

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