Australian Stoner takes pole in Qatar

Australian rookie Casey Stoner claimed the MotoGP pole on his Honda yesterday for today's Qatar Grand Prix. Stoner, with a time of one minute 55.683 seconds, pushed Italian Loris Capirossi, winner of the opening race of the season in Spain on his...

Australian rookie Casey Stoner claimed the MotoGP pole on his Honda yesterday for today's Qatar Grand Prix.

Stoner, with a time of one minute 55.683 seconds, pushed Italian Loris Capirossi, winner of the opening race of the season in Spain on his Ducati, into second ahead of Spain's Toni Elias (Honda) in third.

World champion Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) was sixth.

Rossi finished 14th in the Jerez opener on March 26 when Stoner was sixth.

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