Factory Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi said that he was extremely relieved that qualifying went ahead, allowing him to qualify on the front row of the grid in Sepang. The Italian feared he would be forced to start from the third row of the grid when a monsoon storm came and rained down on the Sepang International Circuit during Q1. With rain showing no sign of relenting, there were fears that the qualifying session would be cancelled and grid positions would be assigned from combined free practice times. Thankfully for the Italian, the rain did relent and the qualifying session went ahead. Qualifying in third and further moved up to second following Marc Marquez’ penalty for slowing...
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