Motogp: Yamaha 1st and 2nd final practice in Qatar

Jorge Lorenzo led a Yamaha one-two during Friday night's final practice for the season-opening Qatar MotoGP at Losail.

After two practice sessions with Honda's reigning world champion Casey Stoner at the top, Lorenzo and satellite M1 rider Cal Crutchlow squeezed ahead of the Australian in the closing minutes of FP3 - but both required the aid of a soft rear tyre.

Former world champion Lorenzo finished 0.154sec ahead of Crutchlow with Stoner 0.372sec from the Spaniard.

"I am very happy with today because we improved a lot on yesterday's lap time," said Lorenzo. "I'm also happy for Cal in second, the bike seems much better than last year for us. I think we have even more potential for improvement tomorrow.

"We still have a few issues to solve, especially corner entry, but we manage to keep a good pace. I'm going to try my hardest for qualifying tomorrow and see what we can do."

"We know exactly what we have to do for tomorrow, if the track improves and we can get the corner entry better then we will be ready to race," added Factory Yamaha team manager Wilco Zeelenberg.

Lorenzo's factory team-mate Ben Spies suffered a crash and then technical problems on his way to eleventh.

FINAL PRACTICE MOTOGP QATAR, FASTEST TIMES

1 Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Yamaha 1min 55.302

2 Cal Crutchlow (GB) Tech 3 Yamaha +0.154

3 Casey Stoner (AUS), Repsol Honda +0.372

4 Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Tech 3 Yamaha +0.603

5 Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda +0.812

6 Hector Barbera (ESP) Ducati +0.861

7 Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati +1.100

8 Valentino Rossi (ITA) Ducati +1.233

9 Stefan Bradl (GER) LCR Honda +1.449

10 Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Gresini Honda +1.469

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Jorge Lorenzo finally gets his driving license

If there is one thing Jorge Lorenzo can do well, it has to be riding a bike. The Spanish MotoGP rider made his debut in the 125cc Championships at the age of just 15 and has been living on the edge ever since.

In his nine-year career, Lorenzo has done it all on the tracks -- notched two 250cc world titles and even won the 2010 MotoGP title. However, last week brought one of the happiest moments of his life. The reason was simple: Lorenzo was finally the proud owner of a driving license having cleared the motorcycle theory test in Barcelona.

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Jorge Lorenzo News: Recovery progressing well on finger injury

This week the Spanish rider started rehabilitation for the finger injury he sustained at Phillip Island just over three weeks ago, and hopes to be able to return to gym work on Monday.

Having missed the last two rounds of the season and this week’s Valencia Test after injuring a finger on his left hand on a warm-up session crash at the Australian GP on October 16th, Jorge Lorenzo is almost ready to return to full physical activity.

The Yamaha Factory Racing rider underwent surgery on the finger immediately after the injury, and this week began his rehabilitation. On Monday he expects to be able to start working in the gym, as the progress of his recovery takes another step forward.

Lorenzo will take part in the All Stars GP Karting Indoor event on December 18th in Barcelona, alongside F1, Indy Car and Rally drivers.

The Spaniard will next be back on his factory 2012 M1 for the Official MotoGP Test at Sepang, which is scheduled for January 31st to February 2nd.

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