LOSAIL (Qatar): Spain's Carlos Checa took pole position in the Qatar motorcycling Grand Prix at the brand new circuit here yesterday for this 13th round of the 16-race world championship.
The time of 1:58.988, by the Gauloises-Fortuna Yamaha teammate of overall leader Valentino Rossi, was a circuit record and he finished ahead of Brazilian Alex Barros, Spain's Sete Gibernau, American Nicky Hayden and Japan's Shinya Nakano.
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