The world champion Valentino Rossi edged out his Spanish team mate Jorge Lorenzo to take pole position in the Czech MotoGP.
The Italian Yamaha rider completed the 5.4-km course in one minute 56.145 seconds to claim pole for tonights race despite a crash on one of his final qualifying laps.
Lorenzo, 25 points behind Rossi in the championship standings, clocked 1:56.195 seconds while Spain's Dani Pedrosa rounded out the front row on his Honda, qualifying in 1:56.528 seconds.
