Toseland delighted with second row start

James Toseland was delighted to qualify on the second row for the MotoGP round at Laguna Seca today, his best grid position since the opening round of the season. The Briton, who qualified second at Qatar on his MotoGP debut, was relieved to end a disappointing run after qualifying outside the top ten for the last three races, following his excellent start to his rookie MotoGP year where he'd started in the top eight at each of the first seven rounds. His 1:21.848 on his last set of qualifying tyres was good enough for fifth on the grid and was confident that the time would be good enough for the second row. "I thought that once we got on the qualifiers with a bit more grip I could get up there," said Toseland. "I had to pin it because to do a 21 around here is not easy, but I got the job done. "I feel we've deserved it after... [read full story]