Australian MotoGP: Rossi takes provisional pole
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PHILLIP ISLAND (Melbourne): Italian Valentino Rossi, closing in on a fourth consecutive premier race world title, grabbed provisional pole after initial qualifying at the Australian MotoGP here on Friday.
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Rubens Barrichello put Ferrari on pole position for Sunday&#39;s race of the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix while his teammate Michael Schumacher has to start from the back of the grid after a spin-off in Saturday&#39;s qualifying.
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Valentino Rossi, centre, talks tactics with Yamaha crew members before winning pole yesterday. Photo: Reuters. World champion Valentino Rossi took pole position at the Malaysian Grand Prix with a record lap
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Motorsport.com. Ruben Xaus not only took his first-ever MotoGP provisional pole position, but the Spaniard also grabbed the first-ever provisional pole position at the newly-built Middle East Losail circuit in Qatar.
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Carlos Checa upstaged team-mate Valentino Rossi to take pole position for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix at Losail. The track, new to the MotoGP calendar, has sprung several surprises throughout practice and
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Picking up where he left off in Australia, Bruno Junqueira turned in a strong performance when he needed it most needed to set the provisional pole time for the final race of the Champ Car World Series season - securing a front row start for the race
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WHILE Valentino Rossi coasted into his familiar position at the head of the pack for the Australian Motorcycle grand prix today, rival Sete Gibernau warned: &quot;Don&#39;t write me off.
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auloises Fortuna Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha YZR-M1 to third place in today&#39;s provisional qualifying order at Sepang.
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Valentino Rossi su Yamaha ha ha guadagnato la pole position del Fp di Catalogna della classe MotoGp....
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Valentino Rossi, who on Thursday pledged his future to Yamaha, entered the final qualifying session with the fastest time to date, but with the morning rain having washed the circuit clean, the Italian was unable to challenge Makoto Tamada for the pole.
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Valentino Rossi moved closer to retaining the world MotoGP crown for a fourth consecutive year with a dominant ride in the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday.
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium): Renault&#39;s Jarno Trulli claimed pole position for today&#39;s Belgian Grand Prix as weather conditions played into his hands in qualifying yesterday.
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Motorsport.com. Valentino Rossi faces the real possibility of being able to wrap up his MotoGP title defense at this weekend&#39;s Australian GP at the Phillip Island circuit.
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ESTORIL (Portugal): Italy&#39;s Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix yesterday for the fourth year in a row after snatching the lead on the first lap.
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Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau will go head to head in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, and they began the battle by dominating the first qualifying session at Phillip Island this afternoon.
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RUBENS BARRICHELLO is on pole for Sunday&#39;s Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza with a time of 1min 20.089secs.
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Italian Valentino Rossi has moved a step closer to a fourth straight world title with victory in the Portuguese MotoGP. Yamaha rider Rossi edged Japanese pole-sitter Makoto Tamada by 5.111 seconds to claim