Sat, 21 Jun 18:01:00 2008
James Toseland will start from 16th on the grid for the British MotoGP after crashing twice in qualifying at Donington Park.
The Briton - racing on home tarmac for the first time since switching from World Superbikes - fell foul of wet conditions, came off twice in as many minutes late in the session.
Toseland quickly remounted after his first spill but soon high-sided again and clutched his hand as he walked away from his Tech3 Yamaha. The Sheffield-born rider also crashed in the morning practice session.
World champion Casey Stoner took a dominant pole position for Ducati, lapping the East Midlands circuit in 1:38.232, nearly two thirds of a second faster than Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, with Chris Vermeulen also on the front row for Suzuki.
Toseland managed no better than 1:41.751, three-and-a-half seconds off the pace; he will start on the sixth and final row of the grid.
Stoner recorded his first pole of the season at the Catalan Grand Prix two weeks ago before finishing third.
The American pair of Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards make up the second row for Sunday's race alongside Italian Andrea Dovizioso. Spain's Dani Pedrosa, Rossi's nearest championship rival who trails by seven points, finished ninth.
Fellow-Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, a distant third overall 42 points behind after seven races, finished 17th making a cautious return after fracturing both ankles in a crsh in China last month and falling in practice in Catalunya.
In the 125cc category, Simon Corsi of Italy cruised to pole position ahead of world champion, Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi and Spaniard Sergio Gadea. France's Mike di Meglio, 14 points ahead of Corsi at the top of the championship, will start from 21st.