Jorge Lorenzo maintained the pressure on his championship rival and team-mate Valentino Rossi at Estoril by taking pole position at the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal.

		Rider	Motorcycle	Team	Lap time	Gap
1		Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′36.214
2		Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Fiat Yamaha Team	1′36.474	0.260
3		Casey Stoner	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′36.528	0.314
4		Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′36.702	0.488
5		Colin Edwards	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′37.142	0.928
6		Randy De Puniet	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	1′37.448	1.234
7		Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′37.489	1.275
8		Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	1′37.541	1.327
9		Nicky Hayden	Ducati	Ducati Marlboro Team	1′37.654	1.440
10		Mika Kallio	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′37.813	1.599
11		Alex De Angelis	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′37.822	1.608
12		James Toseland	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1′37.823	1.609
13		Toni Elias	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	1′37.911	1.697
14		Niccolo Canepa	Ducati	Pramac Racing	1′38.042	1.828
15		Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	1′38.342	2.128
16		Marco Melandri	Kawasaki	Hayate Racing Team	1′38.538	2.324
17		Gabor Talmacsi	Honda	Scot Racing Team MotoGP	1′39.320	3.106