Losail -Yamaha has four riders in the top 10 qualifying session. In addition to Lorenzo, there are Cal Crutchlow from the Tech 3 Yamaha in third position, Ben Spies teammate Lorenzo in fourth position, and Andrea Dovizioso (Tech 3) in the top six. The amount is more than the Honda and Ducati, which each have three riders in the top 10.
"We are very competitive, not just myself but Cal in third position, very close to me and the pole position. There is also Ben, and Andrea (Dovizioso). So the Yamaha worked really well," he concluded.
Jorge Lorenzo secured their start from pole position in Qatar MotoGP. While defending champion Casey Stoner of Repsol Honda was also in front of the grid to start the second.
Qatar MotoGP qualifying session at Losail on Saturday (04/07/2012) evening local time, enlivened by a number of motorcycle rider to lose control and crash.
Among them was Danilo Petrucci (Came IodaRacing Project), Randy de Puniet (Power Electronics Aspar), James Ellison (Paul Bird Motorsports), Ben Spies (Yamaha), and Mattia Pasini (Speed Master).
While his own pole position with a tough contested by a number of riders. Stoner had to be the fastest, though later than the time Lorenzo with 10 minutes remaining in the qualifying session.
Cal Crutchlow of Monster Yamaha Tech 3 and then stomping the competition scrambling to enliven the front position. Yamaha so he could make the first and second fastest.
When the qualifying session three minutes to go, step on the gas and Stoner was quickest with a time of one minute 54.855 seconds.
However, a few seconds later Lorenzo action packed one minute and 54.634 to go back to being the fastest. Incision was then last time. Lorenzo will start the series opener to the 2012 season from pole position, followed by Stoner and Crutchlow.
"It is clear that something has changed this season," Lorenzo value in Autosport.
