Monster Yamaha's James Toseland has qualified second to last for tomorrow's Sepang MotoGP race and has cited a massive lack of grip as his problem no matter what he tried.

The Yorkshireman is a full 3.5 seconds off poleman Valentino Rossi's pace and says that he is going to take a gamble with his setup tomorrow to see if he can change his fortunes.

“It has been a really tough weekend and qualifying down in 16th is well below my expectations. This has always been a tough track for me and I wasn't expecting an easy weekend, but I wasn't expecting it to be as tough as this," said Toseland.

"I'm struggling to get grip on the edge of the rear tyre to give me the confidence to push harder. We've tried a lot of different options to try and improve the setting but it doesn't seem to matter what we change, I don't have enough grip on the rear. It is a problem mid-corner and also when I first open the throttle.

"Tomorrow is going to be tough with the heat, but we might just have to gamble with a setting for the race and see what happens. Being so far back on the grid means it will be difficult, but I never give up and I'll be giving it my all for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team again tomorrow.”
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