ALCAÑIZ: Valentino Rossi stole the Aragon MotoGP qualifying headlines on Saturday by securing a front row seat on the grid a mere three weeks after double leg fracture surgery. The Spaniard starts on the second row in the company of Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa. Rossi, placed fourth in the world championship standings, broke his leg in two places in a training accident on August 31. He won last weekend in San Marino to draw level with Andrea Dovizioso, who starts Sunday’s race on the third row, on 199 points at the head of the standings, with Vinales in third on 183 and Rossi on 157. After Sunday’s race in Aragon the MotoGP season moves on to Japan before the closing three legs of the 2017 season in Australia, Malaysia and back in Spain for the finale in Valencia.--AFP

Source: New Strait Times September 23, 2017 13:52 UTC