Dani Pedrosa took his third consecutive pole position at the Malaysian GP in the last seconds of the session from 2007 World Champion Casey Stoner. Another Honda rider, Marco Melandri was third fastest today. Kawasaki Racing put together a strongperformance with de Puniet and West 4th and 5th spot on the grid. 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden rounds out the 2nd for row. Bridgestone dominated qualifying with 7 riders in the top 10.

Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda
It's great to have three pole positions in a row and gives us a good chance for the start tomorrow, but of course the only important thing is the race result because there are no points for pole position. The qualifying laps went quite well and I improved by 0.8s on my second fast lap which was just enough to take pole position This afternoon the conditions were quite different to those we had yesterday and this morning - it was much hotter which made the surface a little bit more slippery. We've been testing more tyre options today and we still have to decide which ones we'll race with. It depends on the weather and especially the temperature we expect for tomorrow afternoon. We also need to do some more work on the set-up based on the data from today's two sessions.

Casey Stoner - Ducati Marlboro
Race setting-wise everything's looking quite good again, we've concentrated on all the things we normally do and we've come up with a good package for the race. Unfortunately for the second weekend on the trot we've lucked out on qualifying. At Phillip Island we got held up by another rider, this weekend the bumps were so bad in places that the electronics system didn't work as well as usual with the qualifying tyre, which lost us some time. I'm a little bit disappointed we didn't get pole position but we're second on the grid and on the front row, so we'll try to get a good start and we'll see what happens. The new surface here has definitely got a lot better since yesterday. The bumps are still there but for sure the grip has improved a lot and will probably improve again tomorrow. Everything's going well for doing race distance on the tyres - it doesn't really matter which tyre we choose, we're going to be able to last the race.

Marco Melandri - Gresini Honda
I'm happy - we know that I have got a good race pace. A front row position on the grid is a good start for tomorrow. The bike is improving - I can get on the gas early and the speed down the straights is much better. The bike and tyres are working well together and this is a circuit I have always enjoyed. This is probably the first time we've had the right conditions to get the most out of it and I felt comfortable today. I had fun and now I feel confident about the race. It will be tough and demanding on both the tyres and our physical condition. It's really hot here - like going from full winter in Australia to full summer in Malaysia!

Randy De Puniet - Kawasaki Racing
As in the past couple of races, I'd hoped for a better position but I had a small crash early in the session and had to use my second bike for quite a while after that. I had a good feeling from it, although I prefer my other bike. I used two different types of qualifying tyre and one of them didn't work for me at all: it was impossible to finish a lap. The other one was better and I used that on my normal bike at the end, which got me this good lap time. It was so close and I'm just two tenths of a second off pole. We have a good base for tomorrow with the bike, and we've gone very fast on race tyres all weekend, so we should be able to do well.

Anthony West - Kawasaki Racing
It was good to be up the front for most of the qualifying session and I was feeling really comfortable. We used two different types of qualifiers and the two I didn't do so well on are the ones which are usually the best at other circuits. Here, it was the opposite way around. The first one I used was really good but the others barely lasted a lap. I'm actually quite disappointed I didn't stay on the front row but the main thing is I know that with this set up, our race Bridgestones and the good feeling I've got, it's not as if I've only been on the pace for the one lap. So I'm pretty confident and we'll see how it goes tomorrow. Everything's working really well this weekend; it's nice.

Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda
This morning in the cooler temperatures I was able to go a lot faster than this afternoon so we definitely need to come up with some adjustments to improve our speed in the hot conditions. Sixth on the grid is ok, although it hasn't exactly been the best day for us. My qualifying lap wasn't perfect and, like at Phillip Island last week, in the last sector of the lap the tyre went a little bit soft. Nonetheless, I was able to move up the field on qualifiers and getting on the second row here is ok. The main thing we have to decide is which race tyre to run with because the track changed so much this afternoon when the temperature came up. The surface was really hot and greasy, it was quite difficult for me to find enough grip and my rhythm was not so good. We got a decent qualifying position to give ourselves a chance - now we've got to improve the settings in race trim. It's going to be really important to get a good start tomorrow and latch onto the front guys.

2007 Malaysian GP Qualifying Results:
1. Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	2.01.877
2. Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	2.01.918
3. Melandri	Honda Gresini		2.01.944
4. De Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	2.02.107
5. West		Kawasaki Racing Team	2.02.202
6. Hayden 	Repsol Honda Team	2.02.225
7. Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	2.02.301
8. Elias	Honda Gresini		2.02.432
9. Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	2.02.466
10. Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	2.02.697
11. Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	2.02.708
12. Barros	Pramac d'Antin		2.03.022
13. Edwards	Fiat Yamaha Team	2.03.040
14. Nakano	Konica Minolta Honda	2.03.233
15. Guintoli	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	2.03.408
16. Checa	Honda LCR		2.03.525
17. Davies	Pramac d'Antin		2.04.197
18. Tamada	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	2.04.314
19. Aoki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	2.04.604
20. Roberts	Team Roberts		2.05.404