Pedrosa surprises field and thrills crowd in MotoGP Spanish GP qualifying

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Dani Pedrosa provided his countrymen a thrill today at Jerez with a brilliant pole position performance in qualifying for the MotoGP Spanish GP. His lap of 1:39.202 was almost three-tenths faster than Jorge Lorenzo’s best effort.

“It’s always nice to get pole position …