Today?s final qualifying took place in blazing sunshine with Brazil?s winter temperature close to 30 degrees and the track temperature 37 degrees. Tomorrow?s race, which unusually starts at 11:30 am rather than in the afternoon, is expected to be slightly cooler.
Also schönes wetter!
zu Gibernau und Rossi:
With Max Biaggi second fastest and Nicky Hayden third, there was no room on the front row for championship leaders Valentino Rossi or Sete Gibernau. Whilst Rossi struggled to adapt his Yamaha to the Jacarepagua track and qualified eighth fastest, Gibernau starts from the front of the second row in fourth place after running out of time when returning for a soft tyre at the end of the session.