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MotoGP - Misano: Lorenzo admitted that the lap that delivered him the 30th pole position of his MotoGP career wasn't a perfect one.
"I made some mistakes in sector one; I went a bit wide so maybe I lost one or two tenths," he said.
"But I made an almost perfect lap from the second intermediate onwards, so I'm really proud of that."
"I made some mistakes in sector one; I went a bit wide so maybe I lost one or two tenths," he said.
"But I made an almost perfect lap from the second intermediate onwards, so I'm really proud of that."
Twitter
Nicolas Prost has just taken to Twitter to express his remorse for the incident that caused Nick Heidfeld's terrifying aerial crash in this morning's Formula E race in Beijing.
"I feel very bad about the incident and after looking at the videos I understand that I am responsible. I just did not see him, feel very bad," the Frenchman tweeted.
He added in a second tweet: "The most important thing is that my friend @NickHeidfeld is ok, sorry again Nick, you know I would never do something like this..."
"I feel very bad about the incident and after looking at the videos I understand that I am responsible. I just did not see him, feel very bad," the Frenchman tweeted.
He added in a second tweet: "The most important thing is that my friend @NickHeidfeld is ok, sorry again Nick, you know I would never do something like this..."
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MotoGP - Misano: Here's the full story of how Lorenzo claimed Yamaha's first pole since last October's Japanese Grand Prix:
Lorenzo ends Yamaha's pole drought
Lorenzo ends Yamaha's pole drought
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: A bit more detail on the thrilling finish to today's race for second, where Gasly passed Rowland exiting the final corner.
Rowland revealed post-race that he was struggling with his rear tyres throughout, and by the end he was in a lot of trouble. That, coupled with Gasly and Arden opting for a tyre pressure strategy that would be strong later in the race, allowed the Frenchman to close a huge gap in the final laps.
Rowland revealed post-race that he was struggling with his rear tyres throughout, and by the end he was in a lot of trouble. That, coupled with Gasly and Arden opting for a tyre pressure strategy that would be strong later in the race, allowed the Frenchman to close a huge gap in the final laps.
MotoGP - Misano: Astonishingly, that's also Rossi's first trip to the front row of the season. His best grid slot of the year before today was a fourth place all the way back at Jerez.
MotoGP - Misano: Iannone meanwhile equals his best MotoGP career grid position with second, which is where he started for his other home race at Mugello.
MotoGP - Misano: That's Lorenzo's and Yamaha's first pole since Japan last year, and the first time Marquez has missed the front row since Catalunya 2013.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Misano: Lorenzo takes San Marino GP pole!
Here's the order:
1 Lorenzo
2 Iannone
3 Rossi
4 Marquez
5 Pedrosa
6 Dovizioso
7 P Espargaro
8 A Espargaro
9 Smith
10 Bradl
11 Hernandez
12 Bautista
Here's the order:
1 Lorenzo
2 Iannone
3 Rossi
4 Marquez
5 Pedrosa
6 Dovizioso
7 P Espargaro
8 A Espargaro
9 Smith
10 Bradl
11 Hernandez
12 Bautista
MotoGP - Misano: Lorenzo and Iannone take the chequered flag, no improvements, it's looking great for a Yamaha pole...
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez can only manage fourth on his last lap - no front row!
MotoGP - Misano: Bradl's out of it, he's clearly crashed and is getting a ride back to the pits.
MotoGP - Misano: No improvement for Lorenzo, that 1m33.238s is going to be his best shot.
Rossi jumps to third behind Iannone, pushing Pedrosa and Marquez to fourth and fifth.
Rossi jumps to third behind Iannone, pushing Pedrosa and Marquez to fourth and fifth.
MotoGP - Misano: Big moment for Rossi on his latest lap, he is still back in fifth.
Checkered flag
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Merhi takes a dominant victory as he continues to close the gap on championship leader Sainz in the points race.
Gasly catches Rowland with two corners to go, and out-drags the Briton on the exit of the final corner to pip him to second place at the line!
That's an incredible recovery from the FR Eurocup champion, who was nearly 10s behind Rowland with five laps to go.
Sainz comes across the line in a lonely fourth, but that's a solid job from 14th on the grid.
Ocon's and Jaafar's fight for ninth is under investigation by the stewards.
Gasly catches Rowland with two corners to go, and out-drags the Briton on the exit of the final corner to pip him to second place at the line!
That's an incredible recovery from the FR Eurocup champion, who was nearly 10s behind Rowland with five laps to go.
Sainz comes across the line in a lonely fourth, but that's a solid job from 14th on the grid.
Ocon's and Jaafar's fight for ninth is under investigation by the stewards.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: Shortlived glory for Iannone as Lorenzo beats him by 0.051s.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: That is a great lap from Iannone - he takes provisional pole!
MotoGP - Misano: No improvement for Marquez on his second run so far, although Hernandez is making gains with a big tow behind him...
Iannone is flying on his second run too.
Iannone is flying on his second run too.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Last lap here and, amazingly, Gasly has pretty much caught Rowland. He only has a few corners left to make a move though.
MotoGP - Misano: As has become his habit, Marquez swaps to his spare bike for his next run.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Dry patches appearing here now in the closing minutes of the race, and third-placed Gasly is making the best use of them. He sets a new fastest lap and is now six seconds adrift of Rowland, but time is running out.
Merhi leads Rowland by 25 seconds.
Merhi leads Rowland by 25 seconds.
MotoGP - Misano: Pitstops likely now before the final pole shots, here's our current order:
1 Marquez
2 Lorenzo
3 Dovizioso
4 Rossi
5 Pedrosa
6 Iannone
7 Smith
8 Bradl
9 P Espargaro
10 A Espargaro
11 Hernandez
12 Bautista
1 Marquez
2 Lorenzo
3 Dovizioso
4 Rossi
5 Pedrosa
6 Iannone
7 Smith
8 Bradl
9 P Espargaro
10 A Espargaro
11 Hernandez
12 Bautista
MotoGP - Misano: Iannone grabbed fourth for a moment, but he's already back to sixth as Rossi and Pedrosa improve.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez sets new bests in the first and second sector, he's a bit slower around the rest of the lap but he still takes the top spot by 0.067s over Lorenzo.
Top three within 0.076s!
Top three within 0.076s!
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: Lorenzo nips ahead of Dovizioso to take provisional pole by 0.009s.
MotoGP - Misano: Rossi goes to fourth, ahead of Bradl, the Tech 3 pair and Iannone.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: Dovizioso grabs a tow from Lorenzo and sets the early provisional pole pace with a 1m33.511s, 0.093s ahead of the Yamaha.
Marquez is only third with his first lap, 0.218s off.
Marquez is only third with his first lap, 0.218s off.
MotoGP - Misano: The pole battle has begun. Our contenders are...
Rossi, Lorenzo, Marquez, Pedrosa, Dovizioso, Iannone, Hernandez, Bradl, Bautista, A Espargaro, P Espargaro, Smith.
Rossi, Lorenzo, Marquez, Pedrosa, Dovizioso, Iannone, Hernandez, Bradl, Bautista, A Espargaro, P Espargaro, Smith.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Merhi's lead is now over 20 seconds back to Rowland. Gasly is chipping away at Rowland but at this rate he's going to run out of time as he's still 11s adrift.
The pressure behind the Frenchman has eased slightly - Sainz has run wide at Turn 1 and slipped a little further back.
Most of the action is for the lesser points places at the moment, with Esteban Ocon and Jazeman Jaafar having a particularly lively scrap for ninth.
The pressure behind the Frenchman has eased slightly - Sainz has run wide at Turn 1 and slipped a little further back.
Most of the action is for the lesser points places at the moment, with Esteban Ocon and Jazeman Jaafar having a particularly lively scrap for ninth.
MotoGP - Misano: Ducati says there was an electronic issue for Crutchlow so there was no point sending him back out.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Misano: So Hernandez and Bradl get a shot at the top 12 places, here's how the back of the grid will line up:
13 Crutchlow
14 Redding
15 Aoyama
16 Camier
17 Abraham
18 Laverty
19 de Angelis
20 Parkes
21 Barbera
22 di Meglio
23 Petrucci
13 Crutchlow
14 Redding
15 Aoyama
16 Camier
17 Abraham
18 Laverty
19 de Angelis
20 Parkes
21 Barbera
22 di Meglio
23 Petrucci
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Apparently 3 seconds per lap isn't enough of an advantage for Merhi. He's FOUR seconds quicker than Rowland next time around, and now leads by 14.2s.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Redding surged up to fourth in Q1 and was on an even better lap but it then ended in his second crash of the afternoon.
Quite a big one, but the bike took the brunt of the damage.
Quite a big one, but the bike took the brunt of the damage.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Merhi adds 3.1s to his lead on that lap. He's now 10.2s clear of Rowland.
Sainz has fallen back from Gasly, sitting 1.6s adrift of a podium place at the moment.
16 minutes plus one lap remaining.
Sainz has fallen back from Gasly, sitting 1.6s adrift of a podium place at the moment.
16 minutes plus one lap remaining.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: Bradl goes quickest, then Hernandez beats him, they're through to Q2 and Crutchlow - our Q1 pacesetter until just moments ago - is out and will start 13th!
He was right to look cross.
He was right to look cross.
MotoGP - Misano: Crutchlow isn't going for a final run, he's back in the pits and he's looking furious as both Hernandez and Bradl start improving... is Crutchlow going to be knocked out?
MotoGP - Misano: Hernandez jumps into second behind Crutchlow, pushing Bradl out.
DTM - Lausitzring: So, there will now be no practice at 2:30pm as planned. Instead, weather permitting, there will be a 15-minute practice starting at 4pm, followed by qualifying at 4:45pm. All times are local.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: All the focus here is on the Red Bull juniors fighting for the final podium spot. They're a long way behind the top two and well clear of those behind, so there's little risk at this stage of their scrap costing them a chance of a better result or letting other drivers back into the frame.
Perhaps Sainz is aware of this, as he appears to just be taking stock for the moment to see if he can find a weakness in Gasly's defence.
Merhi's lead is up to seven seconds now - he is in a class of his own out front.
Perhaps Sainz is aware of this, as he appears to just be taking stock for the moment to see if he can find a weakness in Gasly's defence.
Merhi's lead is up to seven seconds now - he is in a class of his own out front.
MotoGP - Misano: Redding nips into fifth in the session, between Aoyama and Camier, but the latter's just set the fastest sector one time of all.
MotoGP - Misano: Crutchlow and Bradl shot to the top with their first runs, 0.189s apart, and they're looking pretty safe.
Hernandez is third, but is 0.6s adrift, just ahead of Aspar team-mates Hiroshi Aoyama and Leon Camier.
Hernandez is third, but is 0.6s adrift, just ahead of Aspar team-mates Hiroshi Aoyama and Leon Camier.
By: Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, AUTOSPORT staff, Andrew van Leeuwen, David Evans, Dan Cross, Kevin Turner
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