Jorge Lorenzo came out on top in a gripping head to head with Casey Stoner for pole position at the first round of the 2012 MotoGP™ World Championship, the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, whilst Cal Crutchlow made it two Yamahas on the front row with his best-ever qualifying display.
1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1'54.634
2 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1'54.855 0.221 / 0.221
3 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'55.022 0.388 / 0.167
4 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1'55.512 0.878 / 0.490
5 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'55.637 1.003 / 0.125
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'55.858 1.224 / 0.221
7 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'55.905 1.271 / 0.047
8 Hector BARBERA Pramac Racing Team 1'55.983 1.349 / 0.078
9 Stefan BRADL LCR Honda MotoGP 1'56.063 1.429 / 0.080
10 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1'56.198 1.564 / 0.135
11 Alvaro BAUTISTA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'56.521 1.887 / 0.323
12 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1'56.813 2.179 / 0.292
13 Colin EDWARDS NGM Mobile Forward Racing 1'57.644 3.010 / 0.831
14 Randy DE PUNIET Power Electronics Aspar 1'58.266 3.632 / 0.622
15 Aleix ESPARGARO Power Electronics Aspar 1'58.520 3.886 / 0.254
16 Yonny HERNANDEZ Avintia Blusens 1'58.795 4.161 / 0.275
17 Michele PIRRO San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'59.085 4.451 / 0.290
18 Mattia PASINI Speed Master 1'59.195 4.561 / 0.110
19 Danilo PETRUCCI Came IodaRacing Project 1'59.664 5.030 / 0.469
20 Ivan SILVA Avintia Blusens 2'00.493 5.859 / 0.829
21 James ELLISON Paul Bird Motorsport 2'00.757 6.123 / 0.264
source: MotoGP Official
