MotoGP News: Valentino Rossi survived a late crash during qualifying at the Cardion ab Czech Republic Grand Prix to take his fifth pole position of the 2009 season, in clear and sunny conditions at the undulating Brno track. At one of his favorite venues on the calendar Rossi took his Yamaha M1 bike round the circuit in 1'56.145 on the 21st of his 23 laps after a battle for supremacy with his team-mate and closest World Championship rival Jorge Lorenzo - who trails him by 25 points in the standings and was 0.05s behind Rossi this session.
Lorenzo looked good throughout the weekend and will be confident of pushing Rossi hard in Sunday's Car Evolution. Perhaps the Spaniard will take heart from Rossi's late crash as he seeks to keep the pressure on from the other side of the Fiat Yamaha pit-box.
In the absence of Ducati's Casey Stoner, who is on sick leave for three rounds, Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa could be the biggest threat to Rossi and Lorenzo, with the talented rider having qualified in third place, just under four tenths down on Rossi.
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