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Rossi hoping to cause upset

Saturday's qualifying session at Laguna Seca saw Valentino Rossi put his Fiat Yamaha M1 on the front row of the grid for the sixth time this season, qualifying second for the US Grand Prix. 

"I'm pleased with this result and I think we've done a good job," Rossi said. "This morning, even though it was very cold, we were able to make some good steps forward, especially with the suspension setting, and I was able to be quite fast. This afternoon we were able to do a long simulation and this was very important to help us understand how the tyres will be tomorrow. It seems they are quite good, but this is a very hard race for tyres! It's also a hard race physically and so I know that tomorrow will be a big challenge. Second place is good for us and I think we've done a lot better in the practice this weekend than we have in the last couple of races, so I'm happy about this. Casey is very fast and I don't know exactly how to beat him - maybe I need to start 30 seconds earlier! Whatever happens a good start is going to be very important and then I will just try to stay with him and keep pushing."

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