Aragon MotoGP: Qualifying Quote Roundup

The 16-rider grid is set for the inaugural Aragon Grand Prix, Round 13 of the 2010 MotoGP Championship, with Ducati Team rider Casey Stoner on the pole.
It's the second pole for the Australian, his first being at the season-opener race in Qatar. Stoner posted a blistering 1:48.942, the only rider under 1:49.
Joining him on the front row are the two Spaniards that are in a intense battle for the title, Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa, respectively.
The second-row riders were the last three to post under the 1:50 mark, and it consists of Stoner's teammate Nicky Hayden, Monster Tech 3 Yamaha rider Ben Spies and LCR Honda rider Randy de Puniet.
The reigining world champion, Valentino Rossi, qualifed in seventh. The field is missing a rider, Rizla Suzuki's Loris Capirossi, who will miss the Motorland Aragon GP due to a hand injury he sustained at Misano.
Here's what the riders were saying after Saturday's qualifying results:
Dani Pedrosa says: "I'm happy to be on the front row as this was our main target for this afternoon's session. I just made a little mistake and ran wide on my last fast lap when I was going well and was 0.2s ahead, so I think pole position could have been possible, but the front row is the important thing. So now we must just stay focused and get a good start because the first corner is quite near to the start line which means it will be important to get a clean run into there." 


"It's a new track where we haven't raced before so the main question is how the tires will work over a full race distance. Our performance over the last few races has been great and I want to try as hard as possible for the victory here. Everyone has come into this weekend with a blank sheet of paper so maybe it could be one of the most open races of the season."
Andrea Dovizioso says: "Our race pace is reasonable, but to be honest I'm not very happy with the session, and starting from the third row is not where we wanted to be. It's difficult because we're lacking some speed and we haven't narrowed it down to one particular problem. So we need to look at the data and try to analyze what changes we can make for the warm-up tomorrow."
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We need to improve our speed in the centre of the corners and also the fluidity of the handling. For the race our pace is not so bad but starting from the third row is a handicap - especially because the first corner is very slow and so you cannot easily recover positions there. Still, we've proved previously that we can have good a race from this position and that's what we'll try to do again."