Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy (C) celebrates pole position with fellow riders Suzuki MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro of Spain (L) and Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain (R) after the last qualifying session at the TT Assen Grand Prix at Assen, Netherlands June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ronald Fleurbaaij
(Reuters) - Italian great Valentino Rossi took pole position for the Dutch MotoGP round on Friday with the fastest ever lap on a motorbike around the Assen circuit.
The Yamaha rider, who leads Spanish team mate Jorge Lorenzo by a point in the standings, smashed Australian Casey Stoner's 2012 pole record with a lap of one minute 32.627 seconds.
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