Casey Stoner of Ducati will start Moto GPs Aragon Grand Prix from pole position after edging championship leader Jorge Lorenzo in qualifying yesterday.

Stoner’s lap of 1 minute, 48.492 seconds around the Motorland Aragon circuit was nearly eight-tenths quicker than Lorenzo, who is looking for to extend his season-long streak of podium finishes to 13.

Dani Pedrosa of Honda, who has won two straight to sit 63 points behind fellow Spaniard Lorenzo in the standings, starts third and Nicky Hayden fills out the second row.

Andrea Iannone of Italy will start the Moto2 from pole position after beating British rider Scott Redding by 0.04 seconds.