MOTORCYCLING Live

0' De Angelis is off but it won't affect the other riders' final laps.

1' Rossi comes through for a penultimate lap... no improvement.

3' Pedrosa comes within five hundredths of pipping Lorenzo but just misses out! Spectacular stuff here.

5' Jeepers! Lorenzo goes even faster! 1:38.933 puts him half a second ahead of fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa. Valentino Rossi comes in for a last-ditch tyre change.

6' Rossi goes third! 1:39.711 for the world champion, who has struggled with his qualifying.

7' Loris Capirossi is back on the provisional front row as he dips under 1:40. The big guns are coming back out from the pits for one final thrash.

9' Elias is on target for a personal best... 1:40.628 is better and it places him 11th.

11' WOW!! Pedrosa goes quickest with a 1:39.483, but then Lorenzo instantly snatches pole back off him with a 1:39.266 - almost as quick as last year when they had 'proper' qualifying tyres!

13' What a lap by Lorenzo, who is half a second up after three splits... 1:39.675!! In front by over four tenths! Great lap from the Yamaha!

16' How close is this? There are six bikes within two tenths of the lead. This is shaping up for a thrilling finale.

19' Cracking lap from Loris Capirossi on the bright blue Suzuki. He is ahead of Pedrosa at the first two splits but misses out on thwe fastest time by less than two hundredths... 1:40.131.

20' Valentino Rossi fires a warning shot going into the final 20 minutes. His 1:40.272 puts him second.

22' James Toseland has had a quiet weekend, but he clocks his best lap so far - a 1:41.209 to go 13th. Meanwhile Nicky Hayden runs wide and nearly goes off.

25' Lorenzo clocks a 1:40.283, which is his best by two tenths, but he stays second.

27' Not many fastest times being set - the teams perhaps just experimenting with their settings a little.

30' Stoner, as always, is right on the limit and gets a little out of shape as he comes round a fast left-hander. He manages to control his wobbly Ducati...

32' Pedrosa continues to whittle his time down, although he did a 1:39.4 this morning so there is more to come following his session-best 1:40.114.

35' Pedrosa is on top again with a 1:40.272. Stoner is down as far as seventh but still plenty of time remaining. The weather looks set fair for the day.

40' Jorge Lorenzo is the early pacesetter with a 1:40.804. But expect those times to dip well under 1:40 as they did this morning.

45' The session is under way - 45 minutes to decide the makeup of the grid for the Spanish GP. They nearly all come straight out under blue skies in Jerez.

- Dani Pedrosa set the pace this morning from Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner - three different manufacturers at the top of the pile. It should be a good weekend.

- Live coverage of Spanish GP qualifying will appear here from 13:05 UK time!