Assen - Qualifying times.

GO CASEY!!!

Closer at the front than I thought it would be, hopefully means a close race.

17 bikes though, pretty pathetic really.

I hope hoppers ok, did anyone see it im stuck at work, have sky

old school will win at the end

It looks close on qualifiers but i think it may take some devine intervention to stop casey dissapearing tomorrow. Hope hopkins is OK

5 riders in the 1:35s is much more promising for tomorrow.

Pedrosa the surprise and he had several laps in the 1:37 on race tyres so he's got race pace.

Stoner was the only rider in 1:36s on race tyres today.

My prediction

1 - Stoner
2 - Rossi
3 - Pedro

Here's hoping for a good race

How much advantage do michelin qualifiers have over bridgestone... i know the gap has shrunk but are they equal yet? i think it will be Rossi chasing Casey, hopefully he can catch him! i think Dani will get dropped and be fighting team mate and edwards for 3rd place.

Well i dont know about you guys, but this could be the best race of the year so far! Hopefully nobody wins by more than 3 seconds or so!

Sounds like a safe bet

Well there's a glimmer of hope that the race will be closer tomorrow, hopefully rossi and pedro can find something in warm up, they are only a few tenths off now, and i think that could be held when following someone in a race..

who knows it could go so many ways tomorrow..

pedro could knock someone off going in to the first corner, plus de puniet is behind em and he's always a worry..

great qualifying though, was more exciting than last weekend's race

thoughts go out to hopkins, hope he is ok, that was a really nasty crash

Same 3… On which Pedrosa gets an "Automated by Honda when lights go off" great start, and then there is last year battle for first in which "Red TC helps" but Rossi wins… Hopefully.

Stoner is 0.139 seconds faster than Rossi, who reported a small problem with his tyres.

Still hope for a competitive race at Assen for Saturday?

How long is Melandri going to keep that ride? Such a sad decline he needs to get out before he's completely lost his belief.

Weather is clearly affecting every session differently. Rossi and Pedrosa awesome to knock so much time off. Casey blaming everything again guess what he could have gone faster yarda yarda..he's getting really painful, christ, that was as good a qualifying as I've seen in a long time, enjoy it... bet CS was wondering what happened when they caught him DP VR knocked nearly 1.5 off their previous bests amd CS on knocked .05 off his.Still think he'll romp the race though he's still miles ahead on race rubber..

Let's hope it's close...

The cream does come to the top eh?? Good to see fastest laps being swapped around at the end. Much better for us and I'm sure much more fun for the riders. Tomorrow it is hard to see anyone getting close to Casey though. His race tyre pace is a step ahead of everyone else. Fast: and consistently fast. Hope the weather holds.

Depends if they can keep up with Stoner Grumpy

/is not really Stoner fan, more Toseland man myself.

why is the MotoGP race at Assen on Saturday instead of Sunday?

Hope John Hopkins is OK, looks like a nasty one.

How much advantage do michelin qualifiers have over bridgestone... i know the gap has shrunk but are they equal yet? - Paul#46!!!

If you take the the top 7 michelin vs top 7 bridgestone so far this year, in qualifying Michelin fair bit ahead, in racing about even (slight advantage to bridgestone).

Melandri, is it a slump in form or not comfortable with bike and team?

Kawasaki need to pull their finger out.

Again, melandri needs to go for his own good. Guy s a joke.