Bautista 3rd In 1st Qualifying at Sepang

Some excellent running from Alvaro today - spending most of it in P1.
Eventually down to third, but a very good result nonetheless, and judging by his comments he still has more to come form the bike if all goes well...

"The day has been quite positive. In the morning I had a good feeling in the rain, and I have tried to work a bit in the wet, because I have not had much experience of it in 250 this year...
We have worked hard with the bike, because it did not feel completely comfortable. In the end we have improved a little more, although it will be necessary to continue working because there were some things that are still not quite right for me... "

Here's the running order form Quali 1.

Pos | Rider | Make | Time
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 2:08.876
2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2:08.968 + 0.092
3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 2:09.155 + 0.279
4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 2:09.387 + 0.511
5. Mika Kallio KTM 2:09.647 + 0.771
6. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 2:09.732 + 0.856
7. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 2:10.088 + 1.212
8. R.Locatelli Gilera 2:10.509 + 1.633
9. Julian Simon Honda 2:10.528 + 1.652
10. Hector Barbera Aprilia 2:10.696 + 1.820
11. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2:10.856 + 1.980
12. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2:11.318 + 2.442
13. Yuki Takahashi Honda 2:11.335 + 2.459
14. R.Wilairot Honda 2:11.369 + 2.493
15. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 2:11.484 + 2.608
16. Karel Abraham Aprilia 2:11.642 + 2.766
17. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 2:12.001 + 3.125
18. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2:12.005 + 3.129
19. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 2:12.513 + 3.637
20. Eugene Laverty Honda 2:12.647 + 3.771
21. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 2:12.846 + 3.970
22. Imre Toth Aprilia 2:13.241 + 4.365
23. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 2:13.505 + 4.629
24. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:14.011 + 5.135
25. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:15.196 + 6.320
26. D.T.Pradita Yamaha 2:15.534 + 6.658