• Stoner leads Repsol Honda one-two at Sachsenring
• Valentino Rossi endures terrible qualifying session

The MotoGP championship leader, Casey Stoner, led a Repsol Honda one-two to take pole position for Sunday's German Grand Prix.

The Australian rider beat Spanish team-mate Dani Pedrosa by 0.252 seconds at the Sachsenring circuit with Spain's world champion, Jorge Lorenzo, completing the front row of the grid for Yamaha.

Stoner's pole, with a best time of one minute 21.681 seconds, was his sixth of the season.

Italian Marco Simoncelli, who had been quickest in practice, qualified fourth on his Gresini Honda, followed by Yamaha's American Ben Spies and Honda's Italian Andrea Dovizioso.

Italy's Valentino Rossi, a nine-times world champion, endured his worst qualifying performance of the season in 16th place for Ducati out of 17 riders.

France's Sylvain Guintoli, standing in for injured Italian veteran Loris Capirossi, was the only man beaten by Rossi in the qualifying session.