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Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
Apart from a small hindrance from a tropical rainstorm just after 4pm local time, the teams and riders have today continued to test their 2006 bikes.
 Gibernau on the GP6 Today saw Ducati heading the timesheets with Capirossi and Gibernau improving on their previous times and also improving on Valentino Rossi's best lap yesterday of a 2'02.14. The GP class rookies, Pedrosa, de Puniet and Stoner, have continued to perform well and ended the day in 5th, 6th and 7th respectively. Unofficial times: 1. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Ducati 2’01.50 2. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati 2’01.80 3. Colin Edwards (USA) Yamaha 2’02.00 4. Nicky Hayden (USA) Honda 2’02.02 5. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Honda 2’02.26 6= Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki 2’02.40 6= John Hopkins (USA) Suzuki 2’02.40 8. Casey Stoner (AUS) Honda 2’02.57 9. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha 2’02.62 10. Marco Melandri (ITA) Honda 2’02.70 11. Toni Elias (SPA) Honda 2’03.26 12. Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki 2’03.43 13. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Suzuki 2’03.80 14. Kenny Roberts (USA) Honda 2’04.10 15. James Ellison (GBR) Yamaha 2’04.15 16. Alex Hofmann (GER) Ducati 2’04.49 17. Jose Luis Cardoso (SPA) Ducati 2’06.06
For pictures from the test, see our Sepang Test gallery. |