Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo will share the front row for tomorrow’s season-opening Grand Prix in Qatar, having qualified second and third in tonight’s session at the Losail International Circuit. The pair were split by just 0.024 seconds tonight and beaten only by Casey Stoner, with Rossi and Stoner having now been first and second in all three sessions.
Despite the single-tyre rule having spelled the end of one-lap qualifying tyres, tonight’s session proved to be exciting nonetheless with most riders, including Rossi and Lorenzo, choosing to keep one of the softer compound Bridgestone tyres to use at the end of the 45 minutes for a couple of flying laps. Tomorrow’s 22-lap race will see the riders using the harder compound Bridgestone rubber and Rossi, who has had a good race pace all weekend, is confident of being able to mount a strong challenge. Lorenzo meanwhile has posted his fast times on the softer tyre and now needs to make a few changes together with his team and use the warm-up well in order to refine his setting and find a better feeling with the race tyre. The race will begin at 2300 local time, CET 2200.
Despite the single-tyre rule having spelled the end of one-lap qualifying tyres, tonight’s session proved to be exciting nonetheless with most riders, including Rossi and Lorenzo, choosing to keep one of the softer compound Bridgestone tyres to use at the end of the 45 minutes for a couple of flying laps. Tomorrow’s 22-lap race will see the riders using the harder compound Bridgestone rubber and Rossi, who has had a good race pace all weekend, is confident of being able to mount a strong challenge. Lorenzo meanwhile has posted his fast times on the softer tyre and now needs to make a few changes together with his team and use the warm-up well in order to refine his setting and find a better feeling with the race tyre. The race will begin at 2300 local time, CET 2200.
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