Saturday at Losail with Tony Goldsmith

Dani Pedrosa took his Repsol Honda to 3rd on the grid.

Nicky Hayden’s new stars and stripes helmet design looks awesome.

CWM LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello in discussion with Cal Crutchlow’s crew chief Christophe Bourguignon.

Scott Redding is still trying to come to terms with his Honda RC213V.

He didn’t manage to grab pole but Marc Marquez will start tomorrows race as favourite to take the win.

Jorge Lorenzo rounds the final turn at Losail. He will start tomorrows race from the outside of the 2nd row.

Yonny Hernandez took advantage of the soft tire to claim 5th place on the grid and his best MotoGP qualifying to date.

First race of the year and Andrea Dovizioso gave the all new Ducati GP15 it’s debut pole position.

Marc Marquez shows his Honda technicians some of his best moves.

Nicky Hayden leaves his pit box to start his first run in Q1.

I was in pain watching Sam Lowes go through his stretches prior to the start of Moto2 qualifying. They seamed to work though as he went on to claim his maiden pole position in Moto2.

Valentino Rossi exits Losail’s final turn.

Karel Abraham tries to shut out the mayhem around him during his Q1 pit stop.

A crash in qualifying put paid to any hopes of a front row start for Cal Crutchlow.

Tony Goldsmith is an Isle of Man based freelance motorcycle racing photographer specialising in MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT races. His website can be found at www.tonygoldsmith.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.