The Rizla Suzuki rider was inside the top five in all three practice sessions for this weekend's US Grand Prix, but slipped back to eighth when he couldn't extract the same pace from his qualifying tyres.
But he believes he's still in a strong position to fight for a podium in the race.
"The qualifiers just didn't seem to work for me today and I couldn't go any quicker on them than I did on the race rubber," he said.
"But we did some longer runs on race tyres and produced some good lap times. They were a lot closer to Casey (Stoner) today and hopefully we can do that again tomorrow.
"It sucks to be starting from eighth position, but if I can get a good first couple of laps I know we can still fight for a podium."
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