Alain
31-03-2004, 09:54
Tja, bij Yamaha zullen ze meer dan gelukkig zijn. Rossi bewijst nog maar eens zijn klasse door de snelste tijd neer te zetten en met een Z4 weg te rijden. Wie dacht dat Valentino geen kans zou maken met de Yamaha tegen de Honda's en Ducati's, kan zijn mening dus herzien...
Toch ook wel effe opmerken : het snelheidsrecord van Capirex op twee wielen...347.4 kmh ...
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Rossi tops the time sheets on final day
Catalunya – IRTA Tests : Yamaha [29/03/04 - 09:33]
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi recorded the fastest lap of the weekend as an intense fight saw the top 13 MotoGP riders, including Rossi's team-mate Carlos Checa, finish the Barcelona IRTA Test with times inside one minute of each other.
Today's MotoGP riding agenda entailed three sessions, and with a prize of a BMW Z4 up for grabs during the 45-minute afternoon official practice, Italian Rossi prevailed at the last minute with a time good enough to keep him at the top of the combined standings throughout the final free practice later on.
After an early fall along with five other riders due to oil on the track, Carlos Checa finally finished the test ninth fastest at his home circuit, pleased with his progress and feeling positive for Jerez next week. The incident interrupted the first half of the early afternoon session, as the red flags were put out whilst track officials cleaned up the oil.
The leader board was dominated in the early afternoon by American Colin Edwards, who put in a string of consistently fast laps on his Honda machine. With seven minutes left on the clock, Rossi took the lead with a flying lap, only to relinquish it again to Edwards a few minutes later.
Returning to the pits for a brief tyre change, Rossi took the lead again on his last lap with a time of 1'44.571. This was enough for him to claim the BMW prize, despite last minute charges from Edwards again (1'44.653) and fellow Honda rider Sete Gibernau (1'44.669.) Checa, slightly shaken up from his earlier brush with the tarmac, was happy to post the eighth fastest time of 1' 45.171.
Rossi stayed on top for the rest of the day but the final leader board altered slightly during the last session of the test, when Honda team- mates Alex Barros and Nicky Hayden put in hot laps of 1'44.631 and 1'44.634 respectively to take them second and third fastest of the test.
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Toch ook wel effe opmerken : het snelheidsrecord van Capirex op twee wielen...347.4 kmh ...
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Rossi tops the time sheets on final day
Catalunya – IRTA Tests : Yamaha [29/03/04 - 09:33]
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi recorded the fastest lap of the weekend as an intense fight saw the top 13 MotoGP riders, including Rossi's team-mate Carlos Checa, finish the Barcelona IRTA Test with times inside one minute of each other.
Today's MotoGP riding agenda entailed three sessions, and with a prize of a BMW Z4 up for grabs during the 45-minute afternoon official practice, Italian Rossi prevailed at the last minute with a time good enough to keep him at the top of the combined standings throughout the final free practice later on.
After an early fall along with five other riders due to oil on the track, Carlos Checa finally finished the test ninth fastest at his home circuit, pleased with his progress and feeling positive for Jerez next week. The incident interrupted the first half of the early afternoon session, as the red flags were put out whilst track officials cleaned up the oil.
The leader board was dominated in the early afternoon by American Colin Edwards, who put in a string of consistently fast laps on his Honda machine. With seven minutes left on the clock, Rossi took the lead with a flying lap, only to relinquish it again to Edwards a few minutes later.
Returning to the pits for a brief tyre change, Rossi took the lead again on his last lap with a time of 1'44.571. This was enough for him to claim the BMW prize, despite last minute charges from Edwards again (1'44.653) and fellow Honda rider Sete Gibernau (1'44.669.) Checa, slightly shaken up from his earlier brush with the tarmac, was happy to post the eighth fastest time of 1' 45.171.
Rossi stayed on top for the rest of the day but the final leader board altered slightly during the last session of the test, when Honda team- mates Alex Barros and Nicky Hayden put in hot laps of 1'44.631 and 1'44.634 respectively to take them second and third fastest of the test.
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bron : moto.racing-live.com