Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy takes a curve during the Valencia Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste, near Valencia, November 8, 2015. REUTERS/Heino Kalis
(Reuters) - Yamaha's Valentino Rossi will start his home Italian Grand Prix on pole position with future team mate Maverick Vinales alongside on the front row for Sunday's MotoGP race.
The 37-year-old nine times world champion left it late, putting on a new rear tyre five minutes from the end of the session and then clocking a best lap of one minute 46.504 seconds.
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