Lorenzo and Yamaha made the fastest lap on the Losail track and conquered the pole and thus broke the Stoner's series for three consecutive years.
Stoner stayed second and third came Crutchlow with Tech 3 Yamaha.
Fourth came Ben Spies with Yamaha and Hayden came fifth with Ducati.
Analytically the results of the qualifiers:
1. 99 Jorge Lorenzo - Yamaha Factory Racing - 1'54.634
2. 1 Casey Stoner - Repsol Honda Team - 1'54.855
3. 35 Cal Crutchlow - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 1'55.022
4. 11 Ben Spies - Yamaha Factory Racing - 1'55.512
5. 69 Nicky Hayden - Ducati Team - 1'55.637
6. 4 Andrea Dovizioso - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 1'55.858
7. 26 Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team - 1'55.905
8. 8 Hector Barbera - Pramac Racing Team - 1'55.983
9. 6 Stefan Bradl - LCR Honda MotoGP - 1'56.063
10. 17 Karel Abraham - Cardion AB Motoracing - 1'56.198
11. 19 Alvaro Bautista - San Carlo Honda Gresini - 1'56.521
12. 46 Valentino Rossi - Ducati Team - 1'56.813
13. 5 Colin Edwards - NGM Mobile Forward Racing - 1'57.644
14. 14 Randy De Puniet - Power Electronics Aspar - 1'58.266
15. 41 Aleix Espargaro - Power Electronics Aspar - 1'58.520
16. 68 Yonny Hernandez - Avintia Blusens - 1'58.795
17. 51 Michele Pirro - San Carlo Honda Gresini - 1'59.085
18. 54 Mattia Pasini - Speed Master - 1'59.195
19. 9 Danilo Petrucci - Came IodaRacing Project - 1'59.664
20. 22 Ivan Silva - Avintia Blusens - 2'00.493
21. 77 James Ellison - Paul Bird Motorsport - 2'00.757
