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Casey Stoner grabbed pole position from Valentino Rossi for the Australian MotoGP.

Stoner managed to edge out world champion Rossi in Saturday's close qualifying session to ensure a pole start in his home Aussie race.

The Australian came in with a time of one minute 30.341 seconds with Rossi just five hundredths of a second behind.

Having won the last two Australian MotoGPs Casey Stoner is seeking a third win at Phillip Island in as many years.

"The past two years here our bike's been perfect due to the fact that we normally have very good traction here," Stoner said. "We'll just see what we can do tomorrow."

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