At his first race on MotoGp Jorge Lorenzo conquered the pole position on the starting grid of Qatar GP. The Spanish on Yamaha precede James Toseland and Colin Edwards both on Yamaha team Tech3. Our Casey Stoner will start from 4th position and Valentino Rossi is 7th on the grid. From this qualifies appear a great supremacy of Michelin with seven riders in the first nine positions.

1. Lorenzo (Spa-Yamaha) 1′53″927
2. Toseland (Grb-Yamaha) + 0″255
3. Edwards (Usa-Yamaha) + 0″572
4. Stoner (Aus-Ducati) + 0″806
5. De Puniet (Fra-Honda) + 0″891
6. Hayden (Usa-Honda) + 0″953
7. Rossi (Ita-Yamaha) + 1″206
8. Pedrosa (Esp-Honda) + 1″243
9. Dovizioso (Ita-Honda) + 1″258
10. Hopkins (Usa-Kawasaki) + 1″336
11. Vermeulen (Aus-Suzuki) + 1″613
12. De Angelis (Rsm-Honda) + 1″765
13. Capirossi (Ita-Suzuki) + 2″143
14. Elias (Esp-Ducati) + 2″324
15. Nakano (Jap-Honda) + 2″507
16. Melandri (Ita-Ducati) + 2″803
17. Guintoli (Fra-Ducati) + 3″271
18. West (Aus-Kawasaki) + 3″518