Dani Pedrosa edged out Valentino Rossi, 2007 World Champ Casey Stoner and teammate Nicky Hayden for his third pole of the season. Joining Hayden on the 2nd row are Loris Capirossi and Randy De Puniet.

Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda
My best ever lap time at this track so I'm happy. Considering how complicated the sessions have been prior to this afternoon, it's a relief that this one went smoothly. We really needed some consistent dry track time and that's what we got at last. I was able to improve my speed quite a lot from the first qualifying lap to the second one and I think I got just about the maximum from Michelin's qualifying tyres, so I'm very pleased. For the race I really hope the weather stays stable. We were on pole position at the last race in Japan but the race-day weather didn't help us, so I hope tomorrow it's clear and we can concentrate simply on riding. My pace today on race tyres was quite consistent so hopefully we're looking OK.

Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha
Today has been a good day and this afternoon especially we were able to have a very positive practice. This afternoon was the first full hour we've had in the dry and we were able to do some very good work on the setting. Now we have a clear idea about what we need to do for tomorrow, because we still have a few things to improve. We also need to make our final tyre choice and this is going to be very important for tomorrow. I'm really happy because today it was great fun to ride my M1 around this track, which I love. I was quite confident with the qualifying tyre and when I saw 29.4 I thought maybe it was enough for the pole, but Pedrosa was even faster. Anyway second is a good result and the important thing is that we're on the front row. We now need to improve our race pace a little bit more if possible and then I hope for a great race tomorrow.

Casey Stoner - Ducati Marlboro
Qualifying was probably our worse session so far this weekend and the front row or the second row is okay here. We went out quite early with a qualifying tyre because every other session had been interrupted by rain so we thought we'd get in a decent qualifying lap in case the rain started, but the rain never came, so it probably wasn't the best idea as we only had one qualifying tyre left for the end of the session. We felt like we could've gone at least a second quicker than that, unfortunately I got held up by other riders on both of my laps. That last lap Tamada got in my road big time and pretty much blew the lap to pieces, then I made a small mistake that added a few more tenths. Looking at the race tomorrow we're pretty happy, we think we've got a very good setting at the moment and we're happy with our race tyres. We're running pretty hard tyres, like everybody else, and everything's looking really good for us.

Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda
That's by far the best session we've had this weekend. Fourth on the grid is not a disaster and if I get a good start I should be OK, though I'd have liked to be on the front row of course. My second qualifying lap was feeling pretty good but the left side of the tyre went off a little bit through the last section and the back of the bike was moving a lot through those last couple of corners - but I held on and was able to get on the second row. Hopefully the weather will stay clear and we can put on a good show tomorrow for these die-hard fans who've been braving the cold. I'm ready to put up a fight.j

Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro
I'm happy with fifth fastest because we have worked very well as a team. We used the settings we used during our winter tests here and they are working well. We made good use of the qualifying session to do all the tests that we hadn't been able to do yesterday or this morning due to the rain. I rode a lot of laps this afternoon, 14 or 15 in a row, which helped me to understand what we need to do tomorrow. I have quite a good feeling with the bike, even if conditions aren't the best because it's very cold. I think we can do well tomorrow. Starting from the second row is good enough and if we get a good start we will see what happens.

Randy De Puniet - Kawasaki Racing
I'm a little bit disappointed because even just on race tyres, I was very fast. Unfortunately I came across some traffic in T2 on my last run out on qualifiers, and lost some time, so it was impossible to improve my position on the grid. But most importantly we've got a good race setting and tyre for tomorrow; that's why I feel confident. If Anthony and I can fight in the top eight, that would be great for all of us. I like this track, and the bike's working well, so I really hope I can repeat the success of Japan tomorrow.

2007 Australian GP Qualifying Results:
1.  Pedrosa   SPA  1'29.201 Repsol Honda
2.  Rossi     ITA  1'29.419 Fiat Yamaha
3.  Stones    AUS  1'29.816 Ducati Marlboro
4.  Hayden    USA  1'29.932 Repsol Honda
5.  Capirossi ITA  1'30.090 Ducati Marlboro
6.  De Puniet FRA  1'30.110 Kawasaki Racing
7.  Barros    BRA  1'30.325 Pramac d'Antin
8.  Nakano    JPN  1'30.612 Konica Minolta Honda
9.  Guintoli  FRA  1'30.621 Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3
10. West      AUS  1'30.649 Kawasaki Racing
11. Edwards   USA  1'30.676 Fiat Yamaha 
12. Melandri  ITA  1'31.078 Honda Gresini
13. Checaa    SPA  1'31.203 Honda LCR
14. Hopkins   USA  1'31.386 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
15. Tamada    JPN  1'31.595 Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3
16. Vermeulen AUS  1'31.810 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
17. Davies    GBR  1'32.043 Pramac d'Antin
18. Elias     SPA  1'32.442 Honda Gresini
19. Roberts   USA  1'32.948 Team Roberts