Bien que Randy de Puniet soit sur les tablettes il ne sera pas au départ de la course de Dimanche soir à Laguna Seca il devra soigner les blessures de sa chute aux essais.
Les deux Yamaha de Lorenzoet Spies entourent les Honda officielles sur la grille, et Rossi fait 7 ...
MotoGP World Championship 2011
Laguna Seca, Classifica Qualifiche
01- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 –1’21.202
02- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.072
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.183
04- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.376
05- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.494
06- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.529
07- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.1 – + 1.033
08- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.036
09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.069
10- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.183
11- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.318
12- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.467
13- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.691
14- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.735
15- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.759
16- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.674
17- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.954
18- Ben Bostrom – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 4.089