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Michelin Men Monopolise Losail Front Row

09 March 2008

Michelin riders dominated the opening qualifying session of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship at Losail tonight, recording the three fastest laps in the sport’s first-ever night-time qualifying encounter. Two of Michelin’s four rookies stunned the MotoGP establishment by taking the first two places on the grid, double 250 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) 0.255 seconds ahead of double World Superbike champion James Toseland (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) with the more experienced Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) third fastest.