FIM Moto2 World Championship Brno, Czech Republic August 14, 2010 Qualifying Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires): 1. Shoya TOMIZAWA, Japan (SUTER), 2:03.452 2. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (SPEED UP), 2:03.684 3. Toni ELIAS, Spain (MORIWAKI), 2:03.741 4. Roberto ROLFO, Italy (SUTER), 2:03.794 5. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Japan (TECH 3), 2:04.145 6. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), 2:04.251 7. Simone CORSI, Italy (MOTOBI), 2:04.383 8. Arne TODE, Germany (SUTER), 2:04.484 9. Julian SIMON, Spain (SUTER), 2:04.519 10. Scott REDDING, Great Britain (SUTER), 2:04.528 11. Jules CLUZEL, France (SUTER), 2:04.597 12. Fonsi NIETO, Spain (MORIWAKI), 2:04.602 13. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (MORIWAKI), 2:04.605 14. Alex BALDOLINI, Italy (I.C.P.), 2:04.735 15. Alex DEBON, Spain (FTR), 2:04.775 16. Gabor TALMACSI, Hungary (SPEED UP), 2:04.899 17. Raffaele DE ROSA, Italy (TECH 3), 2:04.929 18. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (SUTER), 2:04.976 19. Hector FAUBEL, Spain (SUTER), 2:04.989 20. Stefan BRADL, Germany (SUTER), 2:05.029 21. Axel PONS, Spain (PONS KALEX), 2:05.268 22. Sergio GADEA, Spain (PONS KALEX), 2:05.387 23. Claudio CORTI, Italy (SUTER), 2:05.402 24. Ratthapark WILAIROT, Thailand (BIMOTA), 2:05.426 25. Lukas PESEK, Czech Republic (MORIWAKI), 2:05.486 26. Vladimir IVANOV, Ukraine (MORIWAKI), 2:05.517 27. Patrik VOSTAREK, Czech Republic (SUTER), 2:05.558 28. Valentin DEBISE, France (ADV), 2:05.650 29. Yusuke TESHIMA, Japan (MOTOBI), 2:05.658 30. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (SUTER), 2:05.760 31. Kenny NOYES, USA (PROMOHARRIS), 2:05.802 32. Anthony WEST, Australia (MZ-RE HONDA), 2:05.805 33. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (BQR-MOTO2), 2:05.871 34. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (FTR), 2:05.877 35. Xavier SIMEON, Belgium (MORIWAKI), 2:05.906 36. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (BIMOTA), 2:06.047 37. Mashel AL NAIMI, Qatar (BQR-MOTO2), 2:06.130 38. Robertino PIETRI, Venezuela (SUTER), 2:06.458 39. Joan OLIVE, Spain (PROMOHARRIS), 2:06.707 40. Yannick GUERRA, Spain (MORIWAKI), 2:07.711 More, from a press release issued by Interwetten Moriwaki Team: Set up problems for Tom Lüthi Until now the Grand Prix Ceské republiky touched the limit for Tom Lüthi and the Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Team and the set up of the Moriwaki MD600 causes many problems to them. The attempt to improve the set up was not successful so far and the 23-year-old Swiss had to take a lot of risk to be able to stay with his competitors on the track. The team hopes that this will change in the Warm up tomorrow and that they will be able to improve the set up of the bike to help Lüthi to find his rhythm back that gave him four podiums this season so far. The youngster from Bern is fit and wants to attack and it does not only frustrate him that he cannot show this. Tom Lüthi, 13 – 2’04.605: “The weekend was quite difficult so far. We had really big problems with the set up. The qualifying went totally mad and we tried to improve the bike. Es pecially the rear grip caused many problems. I had to be on the limit all the time and that was risky. Unfortunately today was not enough.” Terrell Thien, Team Manager: “It is not easy for Tom to find his rhythm back. He has massive problems with the rear grip, but the technicians that are behind him know what they do and I am confident that they will fix the problem.” More, from a press release issued by Marc VDS Racing Team: BEST EVER QUALIFYING FOR MARC VDS AT BRNO Scott Redding’s tenth place during this afternoon’s 45-minute timed session at Brno gave the Marc VDS Racing Team their best qualifying position of the season so far. Hector Faubel qualified less than half a second behind his teammate and will start tomorrow’s 20-lap Moto2 race from 19th position on the grid. A switch to the latest Suter chassis overnight, combined with changes to the rear suspension settings on his bike, eliminated the rear traction problems that Redding had experienced throughout the first free practice session yesterday. The Gloucestershire teenager continued to refine the set-up on worn tyres during the first part of qualifying, before heading out on new rubber to set his fastest lap right at the end of the session. Redding proved during the early part of this afternoon’s session that he has good pace in race trim and is looking forward to battling at the front in tomorrow’s Moto2 Grand Prix at the Brno circuit. Faubel declared himself happy with the progress made on the set-up of his Suter MMX machine over the past two days, as he ended today’s qualifying session with a pace less than one second off that of the top five riders. With his confidence in both the bike and tyres improving with every exit from pit lane, the 26-year-old Spaniard has his sights set firmly on a points scoring finish tomorrow. Scott Redding #45: 10th – 2’04.528 “The switch to the latest chassis brought immediate improvements compared to yesterday. Pete Benson, my crew chief, and Mike Norton, our Öhlins suspension technician, found a good setting for the rear suspension and that made it much easier to push for a good time today. We ran most of the qualifying session on an old tyre, so we know our race pace is good. I’m feeling pretty confident going into the race; if I can get a good start and get away with the leading group then it could well be a case of sticking the elbows out and forcing my way through when the opportunity arises. I really want to leave here tomorrow with a good result and, while a podium finish may be a long shot, I’ll be pushing hard for it anyway!” Hector Faubel #55: 19th – 2’04.989 “I’m not so happy with my qualifying position, but I am pleased with how much progress we’ve made with the bike during these two days in Brno. My crew have worked really hard to improve the feeling of the bike and, apart from three corners where it’s still spinning up on the throttle, the rest is almost perfect. The times from fifth position down to 20th are very close, so it should be possible to fight for a points scoring finish tomorrow. If everything goes well, than it might even be possible to get into the top ten, but I’d need some luck on my side!” Michael Bartholemy: Team Manager “I’m happy to see Scott claim our best qualifying position of the season so far, and it’s also good to have both our riders on the first page of the timesheet. With Scott we know we have a good race set-up, as he was running a good pace on a used rear tyre early in this afternoon’s session. If he can get away with the front two rows then I’m confident he can secure a good result tomorrow. Hector also had a reasonable qualifying session. He might be down in 19th place, but that is still less than a second off the rider in fifth position on the grid. Again, if he can get a good start then I’m sure we’ll see him finish in the points tomorrow.” More, from a press release issued by JiR Moto2 Team: A warm and sunny afternoon greeted the official qualifying session at the Brno circuit. The JiR Team worked hard to finish the set-up and test the latest technical evolutions on the two MotoBIs. Simone Corsi made a good start, running immediately with times close to the best as he has for the whole weekend. He finished the session in 7th position with a time of 2’04″383. Simone Corsi “I hoped to reach the first row but I didn’t succeed. Brno is not one of my best tracks as it is very fast while I prefer tighter circuits. Therefore I had some difficulties in finding the best lines around the track. However I’m happy as well because the technical innovations we developed during the summer break gave me good feedback. The race will be a long one, therefore I’ll have the chance to recover if I’ll be able to make a good start, but we’ll also have to take care about the tyre consumption because here they are under a lot of stress. We have already made some testing for this issue and we’re pretty confident for a good performance.” A little further back will start Yusuke Teshima, who ended up the qualifying session with a best time of 2’05″658, which gave him the 29th position on the grid. He will have to try to move to the front tomorrow, and of course give vital data and feedback to the team technicians in his work as tester. Yusuke Teshima “We brought on the testing work on our two MotoBIs and our feelings are positive. Yesterday we had good response from the bikes and today we had only a little trouble with some chattering which prevented me to take some tenths of a second away from my best lap. The team however is doing a good job and I’ll do my best. I like the track very much and even if I start from the back of the grid I’m confident for a good race.”