Valentino Rossi topped the timesheet today in a rain-soaked practice session at Shanghai, China, in preparation for Sunday's MotoGP. His lap times improved throughout the day, edging in front of Loris Capirossi by 0.355 seconds. John Hopkins was third fastest, 0.259 seconds behind Capirossi.Rossi explained how his progress was achieved:
“In Turkey we were able to understand some of the problems we were having with the bike and we found some good solutions. The modifications we made using that data here this morning were really good and now I can ride the bike at 100 per cent. Even though it was wet the grip levels were very good.”
Combined free practice times:
1.VALENTINO ROSSI (ITA) Camel Yamaha Team, 2'09.393
2.Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team, 2'09.748
3.John Hopkins (USA) Team Suzuki MotoGP, 2'10.007
4.Sete Gibernau (SPA) Ducati Marlboro Team, 2'10.187
5.Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda Team, 2'10.247
6.Marco Melandri (ITA) Fortuna Honda, 2'10.411
7.Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team, 2'10.815
8.Casey Stoner (AUS) Honda LCR, 2'11.016
9.Makoto Tamada (JPN) Konica Minolta Honda, 2'11.313
10.Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki Racing Team, 2'11.425
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