Hayden on Aussie pole

Nicky Hayden has bounced back from two disapointing MotoGP races to take pole in the qualifying session for the Australian GP on Sunday, September 17, 2006.

The American factory Honda rider recorded a time of 1:29.020 to take the advanatage from Shinya Nakano on the Kawasaki, and Valentino Rossi. More good news for Americans came with Kenny Roberts Jr and Colin Edwards putting in good fifth and sixth places, and a surprise in the shape of Carlos Checa in sixth. Britain’s James Ellison qualified in 18th position.

MotoGP qualifying:

Nicky HAYDEN 1’29.020

Shinya NAKANO 1’29.258

Valentino ROSSI 1’29.271

Kenny ROBERTS JR 1’29.662

Colin EDWARDS 1’29.680

Carlos CHECA 1’29.865

Marco MELANDRI 1’29.949

Casey STONER 1’29.969

Randy DE PUNIET 1’30.037

Dani PEDROSA 1’30.081

Makoto TAMADA 1’30.132

Sete GIBERNAU 1’30.237

Loris CAPIROSSI 1’30.393

Toni ELIAS 1’30.498

John HOPKINS 1’31.143

Chris VERMEULEN 1’31.288

Alex HOFMANN 1’31.676

James ELLISON 1’31.998

Jose Luis CARDOSO 1’32.870

250cc qualifying 2:

Jorge LORENZO 1’32.717

Alex DE ANGELIS 1’33.602

Sylvain GUINTOLI 1’33.732

Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1’33.866

Marco SIMONCELLI 1’33.941

Hiroshi AOYAMA 1’33.995

Hector BARBERA 1’34.399

Yuki TAKAHASHI 1’34.486

Roberto LOCATELLI 1’34.650

Shuhei AOYAMA 1’34.717

Jakub SMRZ 1’34.966

Andrea BALLERINI 1’35.146

Anthony WEST 1’35.194

Manuel POGGIALI 1’35.238

Fabricio PERREN 1’35.887

Dirk HEIDOLF 1’35.969

Aleix ESPARGARO 1’36.296

Jules CLUZEL 1’36.739

Arturo TIZON 1’36.895

Jordi CARCHANO 1’37.316

Alex BALDOLINI 1’37.479

Arnaud VINCENT 1’37.659

Luca MORELLI 1’37.917

Alessio PALUMBO

Taro SEKIGUCHI

Martin CARDENAS

125cc qualifying two:

Mika KALLIO 1’36.625

Alvaro BAUTISTA 1’36.800

Lukas PESEK 1’37.056

Thomas LUTHI 1’37.084

Joan OLIVE 1’37.220

Mattia PASINI 1’37.292

Raffaele DE ROSA 1’37.294

Fabrizio LAI 1’37.415

Julian SIMON 1’37.533

Gabor TALMACSI 1’37.596

Hector FAUBEL 1’37.681

Tomoyoshi KOYAMA 1’37.762

Sergio GADEA 1’37.791

Lorenzo ZANETTI 1’37.795

Bradley SMITH 1’37.927

Mike DI MEGLIO 1’37.944

Sandro CORTESE 1’38.229

Nicolas TEROL 1’38.460

Esteve RABAT 1’38.975

Manuel HERNANDEZ 1’39.075

Federico SANDI 1’39.146

Michele CONTI 1’39.238

Joey LITJENS 1’39.335

Pablo NIETO 1’39.367

Roberto TAMBURINI 1’39.368

Hiroaki KUZUHARA 1’39.522

Karel ABRAHAM 1’39.554

Imre TOTH 1’39.720

Michael RANSEDER 1’39.953

Dino LOMBARDI 1’40.283

Blake LEIGH-SMITH 1’40.360

Pol ESPARGARO 1’40.378

Michele PIRRO 1’40.972

Simone GROTZKYJ 1’40.996

Roberto LACALENDOLA 1’41.128

Vincent BRAILLARD 1’41.293

Rhys MOLLER 1’42.089

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