Philip Island Qualifying MotoGP

They are ready for a start in Malaysia. Pedrosa making a move. Is

he close enough? I don't think so. Not quite close in up. Now we have

done it, can stop it? Dani Pedrosa wins in Malaysia. I was already

super warm. I knew 45 minutes, in the letters, in the element, it

would be a lot to offer. Lorenzo forcing the issue. Marquez can

return the favour. This is as tight as you like. These two do not like

each other. Down the inside. Lorenzo is back. There is contact. Lorenzo

straight back again. This is just the most sensational session.

Look at the lean angle. He has gone through. Can he hold him out? He has

pushed Lorenzo White. Marc Marquez across the line in second. The

reigning champion, Jorge Lorenzo... It was the only thing that we could

do. Try to overtake him and get on and again. Hope that he makes a

mistake. But when you are much lower than them, it is very difficult.

They were much faster. Happy for the podium. I had a good battle with him

in the beginning. Today was a little bit better. I tried to attack him.

We had a great battle. It was too much risk trying to catch Dani

Pedrosa. That is okayed. Second will be OK. We need to keep that way.

Good morning. Welcome to Phillip Island for live qualifying ahead of

tomorrow's Australian Grands Prix. We are after the second place in

Malaysia that week. Marc Marquez will get his first opportunity to be

crowned Moto GP world champion. For that to happen, he needs to score

seven points more than Jorge Lorenzo. Victory, combined with

third place for the current world champion, will be enough for him to

become the first rookie to win the title, since 1978. With no Casey

Stoner this weekend, it is certainly a big opportunity for another ride

out to plant his flag on the island after six straight wins for Casey

Stoner. At one guy who would not get the opportunity to do that is Stefan

Bradl. He missed last week's race due to a fractured ankle. He had a

practice crash in Malaysia. He had screwed back together last night,

and unbelievably, he was back on this bike yesterday afternoon, only

to decide that the pain was too much to carry on. Obviously very

disappointing not to be able to raise after all the work to get you

here. How are you feeling? here. The chance was very small that

we could have a proper week. Everybody expected me in difficult

shape. Finally we have tried it. To jump on the bike. I got a lot of

pain. The most problem was the right corner. The first term, which is a

really fast corner, where I could not push the foot rest. I could not

get the bike into the corner. Even the change of direction was too hard

for me. I felt a lot of pain and I did not know where to move my leg.

There was no reason, because we cannot go up to some speed, and I

could not see any reason why we should go ahead. The plan is to

recover. To get the lake in a good condition. How likely is that you

will be able to race in Japan? I think it is really possible. I am

looking forward to it. Thereby day we will do a step forward. We would

not be free of pain in Japan. Still we may have some little problems.

But I think it will be much better. Good luck with your recovery. Thank

you. Bad news for Stefan Bradl, but better news for Nicky Hayden. Their

partnership was not looking as strong as they had hoped after the

news last week that Aprilia racing boss, he would be moving to become

the new general manager at Ducati. There was a lot of last-minute

negotiations. The result of which, Nicky Hayden is back on board a

Honda. He is writing a production racer with the team next year.

Good news about your future for next year. It must be good to have that

out in the open now. Yes it is quite good. We have to see how good the

production bike is going to be but I am pretty excited about it. So far

are really like the team and the guys there. I have had a good feel

for them, going back to ponder where I have had a lot of success. It took

a lot longer than I would have liked. A lot of chop ring and

changing, possible superbike, possible this. But it worked out so

I am grateful for the opportunity. After this season, to still have

people behind me and wanting to give me a chance is very good. A lot of

fans is still sticking with me. I look forward to it.

You get the feeling that he is looking forward to getting off that

bike. He was the only factory Ducati rider, the only Ducati rider at

all, to qualify directly for Q2, which is due to take place in 20

minutes or so. First, we have got you one. But he is straight through

to Q2. The rest of Ducatis are out of the top ten. Dani Pedrosa managed

to close the gap they did more on the hard tyre. Marc Marquez crashed.

But the top five, separated by only two tense of a second.

two Colin Edwards is also into Q2 and Randy De Puniet. They are on the

CRT machines. Three prototypes will battle for one of the two spots in

Q2. As I said, an excellent map. Ninth fastest overall after free

practice this morning. We would just have a word with him now.

lap from you this morning. Have a look at the lap times from last

year. That would have put to second on the grid. But thanks to the new

track surface. You say lap like it was just one. There were quite a

few. It is the new surface, it is obviously good. I favourite track in

the world. The bike is doing what I wanted to do. You find a happy rider

and you will find a fast rider. You have been a happy rider for much of

the second half of the season. It seems to have come together. The

guys are also on. Last year we started working together. -- are

awesome. A bit of a dismal year last year, but today we turned it around.

Every week and little bit here, a little bit there, and we have got a

good unit. You get to sit back and watch Q one today. What do you think

you are capable of? It is crazy, hanging out with my feet up. A quick

word before you go. They are interested to know about the track

conditions as well. The temperature is really warm. This track has been

offering almost too much good. We have seen a few tyre problems. I

just did 16 laps in a row. We had a problem with the rear tyre. That is

a hard tyre. We what have to figure something out.

He will have to do a couple of simplifying to be competitive. But

if the conditions are like this tomorrow, tyre choice this afternoon

is going to be something the teams will have to bear in mind as well.

will have to bear in mind as Dead right.

We were just looking at the end of the free practice session

immediately before this. Cal Crutchlow, looking at the rear tire

of his bike. They had been practising on the hard tyre, which

is one they should be using tomorrow, but it looked as though it

had been tearing. This circuit has the longest corner, it is two

corners together, Kearney 11 and 12, and it is the highest single set

of temperatures they see anywhere in the world. I do not know what they

would do to work it out. This is the track where asymmetric tyres were

first used. They were designed for the surface because of the lot and

lot of corners. The 11 and 12, strong together. I had a chat with

Bradley Smith. He said he put a lot of race distance in on a softer tyre

and he said it was OK, but he said he was told by Bridgestone to use

the soft at tight -- the hard tyre. We sought help Crutchlow do ten

laps. Tomorrow is another day. Temperatures could be different. But

in fairness to Bridgestone, they did not know how to expect. You are

right. The group level is sensational. As so many of the

riders say. They love this circuit. Colin telling that it is his

favourite place on the planet. It is mine as well for a lot of different

reasons. But this is not a very different... This is an

old-fashioned circuit. It is not stop and start. It really flows. You

get momentum and you keep it. I know it is much wider and faster, but it

reminds me... Spectators can get ready close to the action. As I

drove back to our wonderful hotel last night, driving down the road, I

was closer to the track than some of the circuits that you go to. The

road runs right past the turn in 11 and 12. You can literally drive

past. It is quite distracting actually. Keep your eyes on the

road. But you look at the racetrack. You are often distracted. Let's get

a quick snapshot of what we are looking for. It was not just Colin

Edwards who was a sensation. Vaulting himself straight through to

Q2. It was also Randy De Puniet. You will not see him out here as well.

The fastest person in the pack is Aleix Espargaro. It was quite

extraordinary. We see Dovizioso having a run first time out. He

makes a mess of turn number one. Not having a good weekend. There is

Espargaro. We expect to go through because he has been just outside of

the times. But it is unusual for him to be beaten by his team-mate, Randy

De Puniet. Having a good run, another circuit that he is

learning. You have got Espargaro in there, who is not always in bed. He

is so often up into Q2. But he is against Iannone nee MotoGP. As well,

a factory Ducati, in the former Dovizioso. Things have been turned

on their heads. He has just done a 131. Fastest lap that he has put in

all weekend. Conditions are still very blustery. All the riders are

struggling. It is the biggest problem, out of the Southern loop,

turned two, where the front wheel is in the air and the wind is buying --

blowing the bike away from them. It is a scary corner when the wheel is

on the ground. I can say will you, Damian Cudlin, he has put will wait

on the front. To keep the whole thing down. Everyone is shifting

their seats for work and trying to use the bars, to get their wait up

to the bike. That is a big issue. It is no good having a bike that is

fast if the front wheel is no good. You cannot have a fast lap time.

No-one rides more forward than him, Colin Edwards. I did have a chat

with him. He was saying, my style is working right at the front of the

bike. That is why it is going extremely well. Espargaro, number

41, he does a 130.0. That is a fast time. 30.3 is the best he has

managed across the weekend. 30.1. He is knocking right on the door.

Straight through. It will be embarrassing if number

four doesn't get through. He is arguably number one. He looks very

comfortable. He said he was finding the wind scary. Much more than

Nicky. It's very difficult. The wind is very strong, but we are coming

down the pit straight and you can see the blue in the distance of the

ocean. The wind is in the backs here. 210, 250 miles an hour, then

they have two turn and tack back into the wind. Absolutely. She is

having to fight that bike, it's all over the track. As . Another big

issue for these guys, those wind into their backs on constant, they

are busting all the time. That can surely affect you. We see a lot of

positions. Interestingly, there is a fair bit run off now, so something

does go wrong there is a better chance you can pick your bike up and

keep going. It's about half a mile long, the straight year. But you are

coming in to weigh over 100 miles an hour. -- way. Two corners, 11 and

12, but they are on a throttle opening to is increasing all the way

around. The nature array here out into the corner. -- then they chuck

a right. They are literally on a reach, as you would say. Wright

inside. That's difficult. We are looking at a factory Ducati which is

not yet qualified for qualifying. Plenty of pressure there. As Barbara

seems to have done well -- Aspargaro. Could you see a 27 with

soft tyres? We were talking to the Honda riders last night, and Danny

reckons that a 28 three... We could possibly see a 27, it depends on the

conditions. What these guys might be thinking when they get a spare

moment is the Ducati 14 times here in the hands of Casey Stoner. The

last time, as recently as 2010. It is not just the bike. We heard from

Stefan Bright early on, he's not writing, he saw. -- he is sore. He

is behind Alvaro Bautista. But is there is 136. It will probably cost

him a point in the championship. But it says is the -- the next man

chasing him will have a hard time. I don't think this will be

chasing him will have a hard time. I got and compromise there. It's

wrecked the lap. Absolutely. He was not going out race pace. He is going

to have to call that tyre down. Warren willing standing there, in

charge of the test team for Ducati. I worked with him back in my day,

he's been there a while. I asked him how much the Ducati is changing next

year, and he said, not enough. That's bad news. This tyre is going

to be a lot hotter and crosser than it was. We are in the second part.

This is a Siberia corner. He looks across as if to say, please get out

of my way, but I don't think he will. Is that not a sensational

place to sit and watch? It's still Espargaro and in only. You are clear

lap ahead of him. He seems to have a bit of a gap out in front of him

now. This circuit is not the tyre to save for that last corner. It's

pretty smooth. As long as he was reasonably judicious in the first

party might be through it well. 1.5 minutes. Not his fastest lap. This

is the last long left-hander. At the moment it is Espargaro, the Visio,

and he has. Laverty is there, eight

fastest, that's good. It's a technical circuit. Quite a bit it.

There are some little tricks around this track that not everyone has

rumbled. It will be interesting to see if Marc Marquez does rumble it.

Casey Stoner was a very special around here and I think he does have

a few secrets. He was very fast through his own corner. He was

always sideways through them. It would be very interesting to see

what Karl Crutchlow says later on. Espargaro might get the big squeeze

here. We shall see. Everybody is still circulating, they can't afford

not to. But remember the guy in provisional, did it for you so --

Dovizioso. Espargaro is out of this, but he still on another lap. He's

gotten through Hernandez and now we have to deal with Iannone. Agonising

can make anything up on the second part, but there is Dovizioso... He

has been sanctioned for that twice. It could be a penalty point. It is

bad form to do that in qualifying when it's only a 15 minute session

for these guys. Bearing in mind that he is fifth fastest at the moment,

he now has the audacity to be chasing. The reason he got up to

fifth fastest is he chased Dovizioso around after he delayed him. I think

it is a forlorn hope for Espargaro. Here we go, Michael Laverty across

the line. This is all pretty close. The fastest time is 1.30 dead. If I

was Hernandez there, bike number 68, I would not pass number 41. I'd keep

the helmet on for a bit longer as well. It is Spain versus Columbia.

It's getting very physical. They may be having a chat with the race

director. Who was at that little fight on the side of the track a few

years ago? He was actually climbing into the car of the guy and trying

to punch him to death, they had to drag him out by the hair. Australian

motor sport, he? Dovizioso is about four ninths faster than his bin all

weekend. Look at that view. It is astonishing. Most people would put a

resort here but instead we have a racetrack. It's got astonishing

views. If you miss your breaking point you will end up in the

Antarctic. Does he look stiff and uncomfortable that, still? He looks

a lot better. We haven't seen as many seagulls this year. Someone in

superbikes took out an enormous bird. Hitting a signal at 200 miles

an hour is very painful. Dovizioso gets a new visor clipped on. He will

now have the bike Topshop, new tyres put in, and he'll go out again. --

topped up. We shall see about tomorrow. To Ducati 's have gone

through. Espargaro is a good player out of luck there. He really got

tangled up with Hernandez. And he also got caught up with Iannone

early on. Closer to the measures in front than

his neighbours. Stefan Bradl at the back, who only did five laps in the

morning. We know that he will not be starting the race. There is a great

view of the circuit. You see the turn at the bottom. The furthest

away. Turn one and two, and then through Southern loop, tight and

then they get down to Siberia corner. A fair bit to learn. If

anyone... Michael Laverty. The only rider out there with no prior

experience of the track was Michael Laverty and he did a great job to

qualify in 18th place. You happy with that? There was a bit more in

the tank and I didn't quite get it out. I got bombed. I did not get a

second go. I did my best lap on the first run. Disappointed not to get a

few more tense but we are right in there. We have been doing good

times. A bit of a nightmare with electronic problems. But no

complaints. It is working quite good at the moment. I feel I can do

something tomorrow. White confident. This is my first weekend at Phillip

Island. An awesome circuits but quite difficult to learn. Making

steps every time we go out on the track. You have had a bit of help,

your crew chief. How has she helped? It was good fun. We do not have a

crew chief this weekend because my crew chief has gone back. She has

done a good job. We had a bit of a laugh. Fair play to her. You need

got back as far as possible. Yet he is back next weekend. Good luck

tomorrow. Let's go across the garage.

He has a new team-mate. Yonny Hernandez has moved. It is Damian

Cudlin. Confirmed for the rest of the season. First of all, happy

birthday. You are celebrating today. You found some time this afternoon.

I am sure that is pleasing. If you look at the time sheets, we are

still making improvements every time we leave the box. It seems to be

hard to do that on a race weekend. You do not have the luxury of time

to experiment with lots of things. I have had my guys working flat out

the last couple of days. We certainly tried a lot of stuff. We

have made some inroads but we are struggling a bit. A bit further back

than we would want to be. We need to improve on the last run. Hopefully

our race pace is a bit better. Confirmed for the next two rounds as

well. So that should give you the chance to build a little bit. Yes. I

am really pleased that the team has given near the opportunity.

Originally it was a fill in role. They seem to be happy enough with

me. We are making progress with this bike. I am not giving up on it. I am

giving 100%, so is the team. And we can see some steady improvement in

the next races. Time for the big boys. It is a very

fine line as they fight for pole position, pushing for the ultimate

fast out and taking too many risks. It is a line that Marc Marquez will

have to tread very carefully with the championship on the line and a

few distracting moments already this weekend.

Talk us through today. A bit of an incident for you in that session.

Yes, this morning I felt so good with the bike. Everything was

working quite well. But this afternoon, I had a crash. The guys

were quite aggressive. The problem was with the second bike. I did not

like it. But we do not have a time for a change. Tomorrow I hope to get

again the good feeling. Will you have the title in your mind this

weekend, on Sunday, when you are going to race? Will you raise a bit

differently? No. We will see what the conditions are, my feeling on

the bike. I take the same race as normal.

Just have a look at this. This was this morning. This was after that

one as he goes into MG. As the tips, you can see the front rear

foldout at the same time. It lost grip. It lost the front group. Down

here goes. A first gear corner. If you are going to crash that is the

best one. He got the bike back up and went out and went faster. A few

tumbles this weekend but he seems to be bang on form. I am not

discounting him ball a pole position. It is the title won before

the two big long ones. You go over the top, the bike gets very light.

That was the two crashes that you saw. I guess MG is possibly the

most... Crashing corner. Down to the bottom, it is the smallest, is

lowest, shortest corner. The front is loaded up a great deal. He let go

of the front brake. It kind of unloaded the bike. He was about to

get back on the power and it unfolded. The form guide so far.

Expect the times to tumble. As the Oracle has told us. Maybe a high 27,

low 28. The fastest has been Lorenzo. Followed by Pedrosa,

Marquez, Rossi. That is your top four. The best time that we have

seen so far is a 28.961, in the three official timed practice

sessions. So a low 28 for sure. We shall see. Oh my goodness. That is

the first is the goal of the afternoon. I hope he knows it is

there. Seagull. Oh my goodness.Does he know it missed him? He doesn't.

He does not want to rule on a tyre for a bird. The difficulty, of

course, is that there could be a hit issue. It is one hell of a headache

for the bird. There you go. We have got a man down already. Randy has

been covered in glory now he is covered in dirt and grass.

Unfortunately, can he get that back. He has got 15 minutes. I do feel

sorry for Jorge Lorenzo. That is going to make a difference to him

down the straits. It could turn the thing inside out. You do not want

the gizzards to land on urea as well. That Southern loop. Randy

trading to chase it a bit too early. He is out of this session. The only

good news is that he is relock into the first. He cannot get worse than

the even does on. He is still carrying a passenger.

I doubt very much he would have hurt the clunk and seen the bird, but he

does not realise it is still attached. It does look like a

strange paint scheme. He cannot see it either. Let's have a look at what

he is going to do, carrying an extra past -- passenger. Lorenzo goes

fastest. They make it pole position on that provision. That is the

fastest lap of the weekend. He was lighting, wasn't he? No bones in

that. Honestly made, that is horsefeathers. Marquez right in

between. 28.8. They are chipping away at early and fast. Expect more

to come. Dani Pedrosa crosses the strike. That is faster for him but

still a relatively vestry in seventh. Crutchlow was in good shape

last time around. He did a great job. We are hoping for big things

from him again. As you know, he was on the podium last year. Have a look

at this. Jorge Lorenzo is still fast. This is a very fast lap. This

will be a 28.5 if he can keep the momentum up. He is coming through

the final corner. One more to go. He will touch the apex on the inside.

Head down as he goes across the strike. I reckon a 28.5. Again, the

fastest lap. Marquez is on a big one as well. Here we go. Out on

nanograms, through the last split. He has lost a bit of time. Really

pressing on. Will it cost him? How much will it cost him? Absolutely

all over it. Boy oh boy. There you go. That is the time forecast by

Pedrosa last night. Pedrosa himself is on 28.9. Expect more from him.

But we only have nine minutes left of the session. He was the fastest

guy out there, but we talk about the wind and keeping the bike on the

track, he will be struggling more than any wound else. Colin Edwards?

10th fastest at the moment. Hopefully he is okayed. He is

getting his gloves off. Valentino Rossi had a stinker. The first one

was not so good. The second... He is fourth at the moment. Giving it

everything. Valentino Rossi loves the circuit. He has had five wins.

He loves the track. He is enjoying it. Jorge Lorenzo comes back into

happy is by cleaned up and to get another tyre. Extraordinary. That he

did not realise, that he was carrying a bird with him.

Look at the photographers around the bike now. Novelty value. Did he

damage it? That is the important thing, that it did not break their

sense of the bike. Marquez with a new poll lap record. That has been

taken away. It was a 28.655, held by Casey Stoner. It was always going to

happen. The circuit is a whole new shooting match. We are not comparing

like for like. Seven minutes left, everybody in there. They are looking

at the novelty bird on Lorenzo's bike. But it is Marquez, from

Lorenzo, from Pedrosa, from Rossi. Coal Crutchlow is fit. Marc Marquez,

28... The fastest. About half a second faster than we have seen

through the weekend. They are trying to sort out race bikes, be set up or

stop having a chat. It is going to be interesting what goes on tomorrow

with these tyres. What they will be able to sort out. It is the same in

Moto two, everyone having some issues. This is not really helping

their calculations about what to do tomorrow. Not at all. Max and engine

power, wind everything up, the soft is tired that you can get, and hold

your breath. Go for it.We have got almost everybody in the pits at the

moment. Nicky Hayden still on track. Colin Edwards has crashed,

unfortunately. I do not think Randy De Puniet actually made, recorded a

lap, so deeply uncomfortable and disappointing for him, having

finally made it directly into Q2. You see the soft tyre. The white

band on it. Six minutes remaining. Only be a couple of laps by the time

they get in. But that is the optimum. Your first lap is usually

the best grip, the second, dropped off just a touch by then. Five

minutes 50. So it is. Marc Marquez, Jorge

Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa. That will be the front row if things do not

change. But it is the second runway things start creeping down. The

session before, they went down with the hard tyres to find a rate set

up. They went down with the group. Eat out the last little touch. Is

Lorenzo going to get out again? I am pretty certain that he will do. But

as the time ticks away, he will not get many laps. He is second at the

moment so he will want to do that. He and Marquez are a fair way ahead

of Dani Pedrosa in third. Bossi is in for. It is not that close. --

Rossi. He has been fast in his own right

across the weekend. The second quickest in yesterday 's practice.

He looked pretty strong. We will see where that leaves him. Back that we

go. Lorenzo has got to do it. He's been the fastest across the weekend.

There is no reason that he can't topple Marc Marquez. We will wait

and see. Marquez has had two crashes across the weekend and that will be

on his mind. Valentino Rossi. It is still looking like fourth spot for

him. He will be trying his best anyway. Could you squeeze him on?

This one will be faster than Dani Pedrosa 's lap. The bike is going

later the crests the later the top of the hill there. He

let it run out and then comes back for the last part of this. Stands by

coppice because you can run out to the front. What is he going to

squeeze out of 129? It doesn't move him up, but it puts him with five

hundredths of Dani Pedrosa. There is a real tight cluster are there. Look

at Bautista doing everything he can bear. Marc Marquez, 93, just under

at this point. This is a good lap from Bautista. They have similar

bikes. It is virtually a full factory machine with shallow

suspension. Over the top of the hill. He is through their nicely.

Here is Bradley Smith. What's he got? That's done it again. Bradley

Smith in front of Cal Crutchlow. Bautista third. Rossi up into third.

Lorenzo Rossi, there's your front runner. What's happening to Dani

Pedrosa? We thought he had more in him. There is Lorenzo. He is fast in

the middle section. It is whether or not he can really deliver. He is

good through here. Very very fast. He is keeping that speed up. The

Armagh may not have quite the punch, but he carries the speed. --

Yamaha. 27. We've made it.Those errors and have improved this time

around. Jorge Lorenzo, we thought it would be a 27 and it is. There is

Crutchlow. Fifth fastest. Dani Pedrosa just hanging on in the

second round. Lorenzo is on another planet. Baptist is still pressing on

-- Bautista. He is just spotted that often run out of luck there.

Lorenzo, Rossi. That looks like the front row. And Marquez. His tie will

have seen its best, but he is having another go. -- tyre. He is not a

long way out but he is out as you can see. He is still being followed

by Bautista. Holiday Lorenzo probably won't even know at this

point that his got top position but he has. -- Jorge. To battle here is

what has happened to Dani Pedrosa. Is he about to market with a monster

at lap. -- . He's been disoriented. Marquez with that rare tyre gone. --

rear. Bautista 's time will stick. The Honda sandwiched between the

Yamahas. He just run into hot. It's a big drop down there. But no harm

done. The lap was already recorded the last time around. Interesting,

Steve, we were talking about this last night. One of the keys to the

circuit is that it is a fast and flowing pace. It's not a stop start

circuit. The Yamaha does the job. You know you need a lot of

horsepower to get your time up if someone comes out of the corner

faster than you. He is out of turn 12, half mile straight... If you

could run through that corner, it doesn't matter how much horsepower

it you've got, you are not going to make any ground. Not a lot of

breaking, either. The rest of it is just squeezing in dabbling a little

bit. Marc Marquez has got to be pretty happy with that, the front

row again. How many times is that? Quite extraordinary. This year, he's

been on the front row 12 times. As long as he finishes the race, it is

a podium as well. He is almost certainly won the BMW lap time for

this year. A good job from Marquez as usual. He will be massively

threatening tomorrow. We saw in Malaysia how determined Lorenzo is.

He did anything he could do keep him at bay. It's been awhile since we

have seen a pair of factory Yamahas on the front row only one Honda.

Pedrosa will be slightly disappointed not to be on the front

row. He starts in this place. -- fifth. Nice to see Rossi back on the

front row, though. All the crew that works closely around Valentino

Rossi, they are all Aussie . Marc Marquez is going to be quite a

handful. We could be in for absolutely spelt in race. Lorenzo is

really giving a quarter last time you race closely with Steve. We saw

Colin Edwards take that tumble but he is still in line. It's quite a

big improvement, but we will see. Tomorrow will be hard because

everybody is trying. Big race for you tomorrow. Yes, but there will

always be another race. Well, if we want to see the championship go

along way, we want to see Mr Lorenzo do jolly well. If Marquez wins and

Lorenzo was third, that will be enough to take the title out. We

wanted to go down to the line. The forecast is good for tomorrow, so

let's hope the wind is not too strong. Let's hope the tyres or work

out, they have so far this season. Valentino, perfect start for

tomorrow, how do you feel? It's good to be in the front row. That two

races in a row. Also, if the qualifying are a bit difficult,

everybody is very worried for tomorrow, it's hard to concentrate

just on the qualifier and not worry about tomorrow. Anyway, I'm very

happy about being in the front or. As always it is a good position to

start from. It is a jolly good position indeed. That's the big

question. What do we do about the tyres. That's going to be quite

interesting. They've got a conundrum. The tyres are expected to

be more durable if they are harder, but sometimes they will sound more.

There is a lot of work that will be going on tonight. Lorenzo and really

needs to win tomorrow. It's been a long time but we didn't get a pole

position. This was my track and I needed to try it, so I did. That's

it. Marc Marquez is looking to wrap up the championship, but that man

starts on pole so he will be on a wing and a prayer. We will see you

tomorrow on BBC Two.