of a tough compound for this race, and tyres play a very important role in the heat."Both the front and rear tyres are of a similar compound because they both have to work very hard: there is a lot of heavy braking, which asks a lot of the front end

that Toseland is likely to be outed in 2010 in favour of WSB front-runner and former AMA Superbike champ Ben Spies. Herve Poncharal, Tech 3's team boss, has already stated he'd like Spies in his set-up for next year's MotoGP series.Speaking after the race

and my father Graziano, who won here in Assen 30 years ago when I was a baby, and my mother Stefania, because they have always supported me. It’s great to reach this moment here at Assen because it’s the ‘Cathedral’ of motorcycle racing and the most

am on the normal time for recovery. It was hard surgery and needs time. “My doctor said that if I wanted to be fit for this test I had to do the surgery after Sepang or Phillip Island [last year], so miss the last two or three races. “But I wanted

front race tyre and it improved my feeling with the bike and I set the same lap time as I did the last time we were at Sepang.”Andrea Dovizioso, JiR Scot Honda: 2m 02.783s – 52 laps. “We worked a lot today on the setting of the engine brake

race battling with the likes of Anthony West and Makoto Tamada in a close battle in the middle of the field, before finally slipping back with front-end issues to finish 12th at the flag. The MotoGP championship will now have a three- week break until

of Yamaha’s YZR-M1 in full rain conditions, with the British rider gaining valuable experience and data in the wet.Toseland completed 21 laps to post a 1.43.719 for the 11th quickest time. Edwards was eighth quickest in the wet with a new Michelin front rain

changed the lead but it was a lot and it was great, great racing for me and I think also for the fans, because it’s been a while since we’ve been like this. To stay in front I had to do high 21s at least on every lap and I want to thank my team

to win a race from the front of the grid.This is the first MotoGP pole for Ducati at Laguna Seca.The top fifteen riders on the grid have qualified within a second of pole.Dani Pedrosa starts from the front row for the sixth time in 2007.Pedrosa is aiming

and they worked through a variety of new material as they tried to find a better package for the remaining six races. Rossi also got the chance to complete some laps with a new-specification engine, with which he will continue working on today (Tuesday