Close to untouchable in the morning, Jorge Lorenzo's day fell in on itself in the afternoon as he was pushed off the front row in the dying moments of MotoGP qualifying by chief rival Valentino Rossi. It was a contrast to the gallant Lorenzo of FP3. The 28-year old set an enviable pace, his final lap time over a quarter of a second under the year-old pole position record. Only Marc Marquez could get close. Yet in the afternoon, as temperatures rose, Lorenzo's good work from the weekend began to unravel as an overheating front brake disc forced him to run a cover, meaning he then found it difficult to stop his M1 in Sepang's numerous heavy braking areas. To underline the issue, Lorenzo...
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