MotoGP Jerez race
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You'll also see the KTMs starting a little bit further up the order than so far this season. It's Pol Espargaro leading the way in 15th, one spot ahead of Bradley Smith.
Keep an eye out for Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia. That bike looks after its rear tyre like a parent with its first-born child, which will pay off in these hot conditions.
Andrea Iannone and Johann Zarco will join Vinales on the second row of the grid, while it's Valentino Rossi, Lorenzo and Jonas Folger on the third, and Jack Miller, Scott Redding and Aleix Espargaro on the fourth.
Autosport
Lorenzo wasn't stoked with his qualifying output, but is confident his race pace will have him in the mix. The Spaniard is enjoying his best weekend yet on a Ducati: 
Autosport
Vinales was the best of the rest in qualifying, but said afterwards that he has been struggling exiting left-hand corners on his Yamaha: 
Honda riders have topped every session of the weekend, other than this morning's warm-up, in which Maverick Vinales and Jorge Lorenzo set identical times to effectively share the honours.
Autosport
We have an all-Honda front row, for the first time since the 2014 German GP at the Sachsenring, with Dani Pedrosa beating team-mate Marc Marquez to pole and Cal Crutchlow grabbing third.
Riders, teams and bikes are down on the grid, ahead of this 27-lap race, the fourth of the season.
The sun is out and the hills around the circuit are lined with fans, as you would expect for this event, which is the 3000th world championship grand prix weekend.
The start of the Spanish Grand Prix is coming up in a little more than 10 minutes, and we would appear to have a cracking race ahead of us.
Green flag
Ola and welcome to Jerez, for the first European round of the 2017 MotoGP season.
By: Mitchell Adam
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