Catalunya GP will make the hottest race

Catalunya GP Qualifying was used by the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo to mark its three times at the MotoGP’s pole position this season. In the second position was Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi that ran less than 0.02s behind the Spaniard at his territory. It is a Caser Stoner at the third place.
It looks like Catalunya GP racing will be the hottest MotoGP round in this season considering the distance among the three riders is very narrow. The Aussi rider, Stoner comes as the leader with 90 points, followed by Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo with 86 points and Italian �The Doctor� with 81 points.
What will happen with Catalunya GP? If the race goes like the qualifying season, the Spaniard will be a winner with 111 points (86 + 20), Stoner at the second place with 106 points (90+ 16) while Rossi at the third with 101 points (81 + 20).
But I hope that the hottest MotoGP race will happen if Rossi goes as the winner getting total points of 106 (81 + 25), Lorenzo second with the same points as Rossi 106 (86+20) while Stoner third with …oh the same 106 points (90 + 16) as the two Fiat Yamaha riders. It will be depended on Rossi to achieve his best performance of taking over his teammate Jorge Lorenzo -while Stoner will be still in the third position.

Catalunya GP Qualifying Riders Results
1.Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1′41.974
2.Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1′41.987
3.Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team 1′42.426
4.Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda 1′42.594
5.Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1′43.139
6.Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1′43.168
7.Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP 1′43.175
8.Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda 1′43.207
9.James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1′43.233
10.Mika Kallio (FIN) Pramac Racing 1′43.336
11.Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1′43.365
12.Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1′43.411
13.Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team 1′43.414
14.Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1′43.422
15.Sete Gibernau (SPA) Grupo Francisco Hernando 1′43.714
16.Yuki Takahashi (JPN) Scot Racing Team 1′43.777
17.Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team 1′43.792
18.Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing 1′43.991
19.Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) Scot Racing Team MotoGP 1′45.833

The three fastest quotes
Jorge Lorenzo
�The heat was incredible today and it�s going to be very tough doing so many laps tomorrow without getting too tired! I�m so happy to be here on pole in front of my home fans at this track, which I really love. Tomorrow is going to be a very difficult race for everyone and I am expecting a very good fight with Valentino, who has a very strong pace. It looks like Stoner and Dovizioso will be there too so I hope it�s an exciting race for the fans! I have a good rhythm here and I feel very comfortable on the bike so I am just going to stay focused and think about having a great race.�

Valentino Rossi�
�It�s good to be back on the front row after three races off it, so we�re happy about that. Of course I am sorry to miss the pole by such a tiny amount, but anyway we have an excellent pace and I am confident for tomorrow. We�ve been waiting for good weather for five races and now the temperature is maybe a little bit too much, but for sure it�s better than rain for everyone! I think that it will be a hard race tomorrow in this heat and after just a few laps I think the bikes will start to slide a bit, which means that we can expect a great battle and a hard fight! I am happy with the work we�ve done here, I am enjoying riding my bike and the weekend is going well so far. There are one or two small things we can hopefully improve tomorrow, but I am ready to be competitive.�

Casey Stoner�
�After yesterday we were quite confident that we knew how to close the gap on the guys in front of us and that is what we expected to do this morning but it proved to be a problematic session and everything we did made the set-up worse. The guys worked really hard over lunchtime and during the session this afternoon to change both bikes completely and thankfully we made a big step forward. There is still a bit of a gap to the two riders ahead of us and we know we have work to do, so warm-up will be really important in the morning. Nobody really knows what anybody is capable of in conditions like this because once the tyres start spinning it is going to be difficult for any of us to match the times we�ve been doing today.

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