Rossi dominates day one in Catalunya
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Friday, 03 March 2006 |
Valentino Rossi has dominated the first day of the official MotoGP test at the Catalunya circuit. The 7 time champ has been at the top of the timesheets for most of the day and by the end of the session was almost half a second up on his nearest rival of the day, teammate Colin Edwards.
Also of note was Carlos Checa's speed - just seven thousandths of a second off Camel Yamaha rider and second fastest rider of the day Edwards. Given the Tech3 machine is running Dunlop tyres - which are generally significantly slower than their Michelin and Bridgestone equivalents - Checa will be impressing a lot of people with his pace, which has been similar in the winter tests.
Day One Test Times1. Valentino Rossi - Camel Yamaha 1'43.608
2. Colin Edwards - Camel Yamaha 1'44.063
3. Carlos Checa - Tech3 Yamaha 1'44.070
4. John Hopkins - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'44.197
5. Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda 1'44.209
6. Shinya Nakano - Kawasaki Racing 1'44.399
7. Sete Gibernau - Ducati Marlboro 1'44.556
8. Marco Melandri - Fortuna Honda 1'44.672
9. Toni Elias - Fortuna Honda 1'44.702
10. Makoto Tamada - Konica Minolta Honda 1'44.721
11. Kenny Roberts - Team Roberts 1'44.868
12. Daniel Pedrosa - Repsol Honda 1'45.011
13. Randy de Puniet - Kawasaki Racing 1'45.111
14. Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro 1'45.253
15. Chris Vermeulen - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'45.968
16. James Ellison - Tech3 Yamaha, 1'46.217
17. Jose Luis Cardoso - D'antin Pramac 1'46.603
18. Alex Hofmann - D'antin Pramac 1'46.606
19. Tady Okada - HRC 1'47.020
20. Vittoriano Guareschi - Ducati Marlboro 1'47.379
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