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De Angeles fastest in warm up!, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

Pretty much everybody is shocked that De Angeles posted the fastest time in warm up! He has been doing real well this weekend but I did not think he could keep it up. It will be interesting to see if he can maintain the pace during the actual race.

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Great weather for qualifying today! The best news is the weather tomorrow will be even better!

This race is going to be tough to call. Lots of guys are going to push hard because they want to make a good showing so they have a job next year.

Rossi is sitting on a 50 point lead, so I can’t imagine that he would push hard and risk a crash.

Hayden needs to make a good showing, but I just don’t think he has it in him. I would love to see him win this thing, but I just cannot imagine that it is possible. I think even a podium finish is highly unlikely. I hope I am wrong because I would love to see him do well.

Pedrosa is on fire. He looked good in the rain, and he looked real good on the dry track today.

Edwards was also looking really good today. He is probably our best hope to see an American on the podium. Edwards is one of my favorite riders and I would love to see him on the podium.

Lorenzo is also looking pretty good.

I think we are going to see a battle between Pedrosa and Lorenzo. As of today, Pedrosa seems to have the better setup, but I think Lorenzo is the better rider. I don’t think Rossi is going to be willing to push as hard as guys who really have nothing to loose, so here is my official prediction:

1. Lorenzo
2. Pedrosa
3. Rossi
4. Edwards

Saturday qualifying pictures:

Pedrosa gets pole position, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

Pedrosa got the pole position and set a new track record in qualifying.

Second place went to Lorenzo and Rossi got third.

Pedrosa has been looking good all weekend. Edwards also looks like he may have some potential tomorrow.

The bad news is that Hayden is not looking great. He put in a few respectable times but it looked like he was working really hard to do it.

Pedrosa sets new tack record in second practice., originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

1. Pedrosa
2. Loenzo
3. De Angeles
4. Rossi
5. Edwards

We got to the track fairly early and went on the pit walk and got to see all the pits and all the bikes.

It was warm and cloudy for the 125 practice, but it started raining at the end and rained all the way through MotoGP practice. Nobody was riding very hard, but Capirossi did slide a little too much in the rain and had a small high side, but was not injured.

It continued to rain through the 250’s and I ended up just returning to the motel.

Pictures from the day: