MotoGP qualifying cancelled as rain lashes Portugal

The qualifying sessions for the Grand Prix of Portugal were cancelled due to rain today as grim weather continued to disrupt the penultimate race of the 2010 season. With water flowing across large areas of the Estoril circuit, the event organizers had little choice but to call off qualifying for all three Grand Prix classes this afternoon. Grid positions for tomorrow's race have therefore been decided according to each rider’s best overall practice lap from the two sessions yesterday and this morning’s practice.

Qualifying Results
1 Jorge Lorenzo 1m 48.522 SPA YAMAHA Fiat Yamaha Team
2 Nicky Hayden 1m 48.657 USA DUCATI Ducati Marlboro Team
3 Valentino Rossi 1m 48.883 ITA YAMAHA Fiat Yamaha Team
4 Casey Stoner 1m 49.061 AUS DUCATI Ducati Marlboro Team
5 Ben Spies 1m 49.721 USA YAMAHA Tech 3 Yamaha
6 Marco Melandri 1m 49.784 ITA HONDA San Carlo Honda Gresini
7 Andrea Dovizioso 1m 50.007 ITA HONDA Repsol Honda Team
8 Randy De Puniet 1m 50.043 FRA HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
9 Colin Edwards 1m 50.313 USA YAMAHA Tech 3 Yamaha
10 Marco Simoncelli 1m 50.500 ITA HONDA San Carlo Honda Gresini
11 Aleix Espargaro 1m 50.787 SPA DUCATI Pramac Racing
12 Dani Pedrosa 1m 50.824 SPA HONDA Repsol Honda Team
13 Loris Capirossi 1m 51.518 ITA SUZUKI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
14 Alvaro Bautista 1m 52.734 SPA SUZUKI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
15 Hector Barbera 1m 53.131 SPA DUCATI Paginas Amarillas Aspar
16 Hiroshi Aoyama 1m 53.317 JPN HONDA Interwetten Honda MotoGP
17 Carlos Checa 1m 53.933 SPA DUCATI Pramac Racing