61.   With Nemechek, of course, no qualifying time is ever secure until all the inspections have been completed.

62.   Zanardi, suffering from an eye infection and cleared to drive only hours earlier by medical officials, had posted the fastest qualifying time Friday.

63.   All racers improved their qualifying times from a wet first session the day before.

64.   All riders managed to improve their qualifying times in sunshine following a rain-drenched first session the day before.

65.   But the silver medalist at the last championships achieved the qualifying time in Edinburgh a fortnight ago and followed that up with victory here.

66.   The qualifying times set by the Russian federation are a lot tougher than other international standards.

67.   The top qualifying times were set on Friday in dry weather.

68.   The starting grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, the penultimate race, will be decided by the best qualifying times from two sessions on Friday and Saturday.

69.   With softer tyres, the qualifying times are expected to be considerably faster on Saturday.

70.   It was judged that the Japanese driver had been prevented from setting a decent qualifying time after it rained.