Valentino Rossi occupy the pole position for the MotoGP race at Donington Park

Valentino Rossi shocked that can occupy the pole position for the MotoGP race at Donington Park this weekend.

The Fiat Yamaha champion had experienced this problem on the tires early in the session British GP qualifying, Saturday (25 / 7).

However, towards the end of the session, Rossi initially use Bridgestone tires harder - and then replace it with a soft - is the fastest recorded time. "The Doctor" defeat pebalap Repsol Honda Dani Pedrosa and colleagues setim while rival terdekatnya, Jorge Lorenzo, who is in the position 2-3.

"According to me, this is a surprise because we did not try to ban a more hard on this morning," said Rossi.

"Looking at the performance of the pebalap others, we can only hope to reach a good position in this afternoon. But when I use a harder tire, we have a problem. I can not show a maximum record time so bad.

"Therefore, we stopped several times in the pit, to modify the motor so that better and do a little repair. But speed is not fantastic, so we must do berbaikan on the setting."

According to Rossi, he was very happy when the ban soft performance because it directly.

"After that, we do more modifications, including the soft tires, so it can record a good time," said Rossi. "Motorku increasingly faster, so we do a good job with the team. I am very happy with this pole position, because it is a surprise."

About the race tomorrow, Rossi confess him more confident, although the weather certainly did not - based on the weather forecast. Pole make sure to achieve maximum results.

"We will see how the weather conditions tomorrow. But most do not, we will start from the first," he explained.