Spanish MotoGP, Jerez
Date:
2-3 May
Saturday 2 May:
Qualifying: BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website - 1150-1500 BST Sunday 3 May:
125cc and 250cc races - BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website 0950-1205 BST; MotoGP race - BBC Two and BBC Sport website, 1230-1400 BST
 Lorenzo was second in today's final practice
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Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo secured pole for the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez with a qualifying time of one minute 38.933 seconds.
The ride brought him in ahead of fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa, while Australian Casey Stoner occupies third on the grid for Sunday's race.
Six-time world champion Valentino Rossi is on fourth for the Fiat Yamaha team.
Britain's James Toseland is back on 14th after recording a lap time of one minute 40.670 seconds.
Lorenzo holds a one-point lead over Rossi in the overall standings after a win in the previous round in Japan.
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606: DEBATE
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After prospering in the appalling conditions of Motegi, he came out on top in an entertaining tussle with Pedrosa played out in on a sun-drenched circuit.
Lorenzo posted his best time on the 18th of his 21 attempts and edged ahead of his rival to repeat his pole from last year's race.
It has been a disappointing weekend so far for Rossi and, after finishing seventh-fastest in this morning's final practice session, he slipped off the front row of the grid for the first time this season.
France's Randy de Puniet took fifth for the LCR Honda team with Italy's Loris Capirossi on sixth.
1 J Lorenzo (Spa) Fiat Yamaha 1 min 38.933 seconds
2 D Pedrosa (Spa) Repsol Honda 1:38.984
3 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 1:39.415
4 V Rossi (Ita) Fiat Yamaha 1:39.642
5 R De Puniet (Fra) Honda 1'39.806
6 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 1:39.862
7 C Edwards (US) Yamaha 1:39.926
8 A Dovizoiso (Ita) Repsol Honda 1:39.966
9 T Elias (Spa) Honda 1:40.112
10 C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 1:40.185
14 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 1:40.670
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