Monster Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow is torn over which compound tyre to use in today's Laguna Seca MotoGP round after pulling a lap out of the bag using the soft Bridgestones yesterday called into question using the harder version despite high temperatures.

Crutchlow finished tenth in yesterday's qualifying session, one place ahead of American team-mate Colin Edwards, is leaning toward the harder option as the soft might not last race distance - but he is used to that after spending a couple of years on Pirellis.

“I'm pretty happy to be in the top ten and I managed to pull something out of the bag when I needed it right at the end of the session. My race pace is only a couple of tenths off running in the top eight, so I need to get a good start. I'm still not sure what tyre to run," said the former footballer.

"Lorenzo can run the hard tyre because he is so smooth, but we're torn at the moment which one to choose. I think I'll probably go for the hard tyre but we'll check the setting and make sure we can be consistent. It is a long race here so the soft might not be the best option over race distance. The track seemed to be in much better condition.

"I still need to change my style a little but on a track you don't know it is difficult to do that. Hopefully when we get to Brno that I know, I'll feel more comfortable to be able to work on my technique because some things I do on the bike don't help in the hot conditions. The goal tomorrow will be to finish in the top ten and get out of here with some experience and some solid points under my belt. It would also be good to have a battle with some guys as well because that helps you learn and pick up experience.”