Lorenzo Again

Rookie sensation Jorge Lorenzo took a dominant pole position - his third in three MotoGP events - ahead of tomorrow's Portuguese Grand Prix.

The Fiat Yamaha rider also managed to destroy the Estoril track record - set in 2006 with a 990cc Yamaha ridden by now-teammate Valentino Rossi - by almost half a second with a lap time of 1:35.715 with three minutes of the one-hour session to go.
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Hayden impressed by new Indy layout


Nicky Hayden says he has been impressed by the new Indianapolis layout after riding around the track for the first time on Monday.
The circuit, which will host its first MotoGP race in September, has a new configuration, different to the one used for Formula One since 2000.
The bikes will also go in the opposite direction.
"When I saw the track map, I looked at the map and some pictures on the Internet, but I didn't realize how quick the front straightaway is," said Hayden, who inaugurated that track on an vintage Indian bike.
"Definitely it's going to be a long straight there, going to need some ponies. My initial impression was great.
"I didn't really see any concerns. You know, Turn 1 is a little bit probably, I would say, the sketchiest place, but the rest looked like more than enough run-off. The first bit, the track is brand new, so it's really slippery. But in the back where the Formula One was going, the surface felt quite a lot of grip.
"I'll be excited to get the GP bike out there, and you can feel a lot more on that bike than a street bike, so we'll see."
He added: "I imagined it being big, but I didn't imagine the whole Speedway and just the grandstands and just the golf course, everything being so huge, you know. I mean, definitely was even for me.
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