We should have expected it. When he's had a bad weekend, Valentino Rossi tends to come out fighting the next time.
Estoril was, by his standards, a disaster. So he attacked Phillip Island from the start, going to the top of the
timing screens immediately and staying there. His last Friday morning run strung together nine laps in the 1min 31sec bracket, Jorge Lorenzo didn't do one lap in the 31s and ended up a second slower than Rossi.

Jorge also hit the deck late in the session after losing the front in the long right after the Honda hairpin. He's
going to need something special today.

Unluckiest man of the day was Niccolo Canepa who was transported to Melbourne for a skin graft to his right elbow.

The other two aliens, Stoner and Pedrosa, had quietly efficient days and closed in on Rossi late in the session.
Casey looked his old self, and he's won the last two races here. Qualifying should be an epic.