text1: LOSAIL, Qatar (AFP) - Australia's Casey Stoner, riding a Ducati, was confidently eyeing a third successive Qatar MotoGP victory after taking pole position in a dominant qualifying performance under the Losail desert floodlights. World champion Valentino Rossi was second fastest with his Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who was the pole sitter in 2008, in third place. Stoner, the winner here for the last two years and the 2007 world champion, clocked 1min 55.286sec with Rossi 0.473sec behind and Lorenzo 0.497sec off the pace. Italy's Andrea Dovizioso, on a Honda, was fourth quickest.
text2: Valentino Rossi is the World Moto GP champion.