From a press release issued by MSS Discovery Kawasaki:

British Supersport Championship/round eight
National Superstock Championships/round six ­ Knockhill, July 4 2004

MSS DISCOVERY’S ALLAN TAKES DEBUT VICTORY ON ZX-10R AT KNOCKHILL

MSS Discovery’s Steve Allan rocketed to victory in the 20-lap National Superstock Championship race at Knockhill, Fife on Sunday.

Allan took the lead on the second lap before easing into a four-second lead and ensuring a first ever national win for Allan and the new ZX-10R Kawasaki.

Allan eventually crossed the finish line 1.5 seconds ahead of Andy Tinsley in the wet conditions, and all in front of Allan’s home fans at the 1.3-mile track near Dunfermline.

“It just doesn¹t get better than this,” said MSS Discovery ace Allan. “In the last two rounds the ZX-10R has really been fantastic and I’m certain I can win more races this year.”

“I did have a plan to get to the front as soon as I could then try and control the race. Once in front I just kept watching my pit signal board and made sure of the win,” said Allan who completed the perfect weekend after starting from pole position.

Pere Riba put in a calculated display to take fourth place in round eight of the British Supersport Championship at Knockhill, moving the MSS Discovery ace into third place in the points standings.

Riba, starting from the front row of the grid, was intent on staying upright in the rain-sodden race. Relegated to fifth place with two laps to go, Riba fought back and claimed fourth place from Tom Sykes on the last lap.

“The conditions were very difficult and I could only concentrate on finishing the race,” said Riba. “I tried in the early stages but the circuit was dry in places and soaking wet elsewhere.

“It was very much like the conditions for the last round at Brands Hatch so I had a similar plan. I made sure I had a clear track in front of me then worked hard at putting in fast laps. I¹m not too disappointed but a dry race would have given me much more of a chance of victory today.”

British Supersport Championship, round seven result (23 laps ­ 29.90 miles):
1 Paul Young, Honda, 21m 56.004s ­ 81.70mph
2 Karl Harris, Honda, 22m 05.230s
3 Michael Laverty, Ducati, 22m 10.693s
4 Pere Riba, MSS Discovery Kawasaki, 22m 16.879s
5 Tom Sykes, Suzuki, 22m 17.009s
6 Kieran Murphy, Honda, 22m 21.238s
7 Cal Crutchlow, Honda, 22m 24.892s
8 Craig Jones, Triumph, 22m 35.677s
9 Lee Jackson, Honda, 22m 36.037s
10 Bob Grant, Honda, 22m 38.488s

Championship points after eight of 13 rounds: 1 Harris 156, 2 Laverty 132, 3 Riba 101, 4 Jay Vincent (Honda) 97, 5 Simon Andrews (Yamaha) 76, 6 Luke Quigley (Suzuki) 65, 7 Jones and Leon Camier (Honda) 49, 9 Sykes 47, 10 Crutchlow 41.

Next round: Mallory Park ­ July 18


National Superstock Championship, round six (20 laps ­ 26.00 miles).
1 Steve Allan, MSS Discovery Kawasaki, 19m 18.862s ­ 80.68mph
2 Andy Tinsley, Suzuki, 19m 20.425s
3 Les Shand, Yamaha, 19m 21.704s
4 John MacDonald, Suzuki, 19m 22.328s
5 Tristan Palmer, Suzuki, 19m 25.642s
6 Ben Wilson, Suzuki, 19m 40.116s
7 Norman MacLeod, Suzuki, 19m 42.331s
8 Donald MacFadyen, Suzuki, 19m 50.600s
9 Kelvin Reilly, Ducati, 19m 53.618s
10 Magnus Houston, Suzuki, 19m 55.054s

Championship points after six of 13 rounds: 1 Tinsley 103, 2 Palmer 97, 3 Wilson 86, 4 Danny Beaumont, Yamaha, 81, 5 Shand 68, 6 Allan 59, 7 Mark Heckles (Yamaha) 36, 8 Darren Mitchell (Suzuki) 31, 9 Reilly 29, 10 John Laverty (Yamaha) 27.

Next round: Mallory Park ­ July 18.


More, from a press release issued by sidecar series organizers:

Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship
round five
Knockhill

Sunday July 4 2004

BRINDLEY SCOOPS KNOCKHILL VICTORY

Derek Brindley and passenger Neil Miller took the Readymix Suzuki to a dramatic victory in the opening race of round five of the Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship at Knockhill, Fife on Sunday.

Brindley gambled on intermediate-tread tyres as the opposition chose full wet-weather tyres, on a wet but drying track.

“It was a gamble but it paid off and it feels great to get a win,” said former world championship race winner Brindley. “We’ve worked hard this year and everything is just starting to feel good again for me.”

Brindley crossed the finish line 3.8 seconds ahead of championship leader Steve Webster on a Castrol Suzuki. Webster was leading the race when Brindley made his move to the front with two laps to go.

Hard-charging Greg Lambert powered into third place on his Dalepak Suzuki, edging out early race leader Tim Reeves on the final lap.

Andy Peach took a career-best fifth place aboard his Readymix Suzuki in a race reduced to 10 laps due to the rain.

Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship, round five, race one result (10 laps ­13.00 miles): 1 Derek Brindley (Suzuki) 9m 43.899s ­ 80.06mph, 2 Steve Webster (Suzuki) 9m 47.741s, 3 Greg Lambert (Suzuki) 9m 52.228s, 4 Tim Reeves (Suzuki) 9m 52.570s, 5 Andy Peach (Suzuki) 9m 57.913s, 6 Stuart Muldoon (Suzuki) 9m 59.356s, 7 Richard Gatt (Suzuki) 10m 02.032s, 8 Ben Birchall (Yamaha) 10m 19.589s, 9 Bill Philp (Yamaha) 10m 19.615s, 10 Mike Ibbotson (Suzuki) 10m 21.683s.

Championship points: 1 Webster 165, 2 Reeves 114, 3 Brindley 101, 4 Lambert 84, 5 Gatt 73, 6 Philp 70, 7 Muldoon 50, 8 Bryan Pedder (Suzuki) 46, 9 Birchall 41, 10 Peach 39.


More, from another press release issued by sidecar series organizers:

Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship
round five
Knockhill (race two)

DEBUT WIN FOR PEDDER IN KNOCKHILL SPECTACULAR

Bryan Pedder and Rod Steadman took the Team Roberts Suzuki to victory in a thrilling Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship race at Knockhill, Fife on Sunday.

Pedder grabbed the lead from Tim Reeves on the third lap of the 15-lap encounter. A lap later Reeves was back ahead while first lap leader Steve Webster could do nothing but watch from a distant third place.

Pedder hit the front once again on lap six and this time the Suzuki ace made it count as he powered away for a sensational victory in the wet conditions.

“Everything just came together for us,” explained Pedder. “We knew we’d have a good chance and when the opportunity to grab the lead came along there was no way I was turning it down.”

Pedder added: “It was just one of those races where everything went like clockwork for us. We’ve put a lot of effort it in this year with our sponsor Dave Roberts so it’s great for all the team to get the win.”

M & M Suzuki’s Reeves finished runner-up to close the points gap to Webster at the head of the championship table while Stuart Muldoon took his first podium finish of the year with third on his Ringway Suzuki.

A late charge from Webster on the Castrol Suzuki was almost enough to snatch third but Muldoon held on by just 0.04s. Webster’s fourth place was enough to ensure he left Knockhill with a 44-point lead over Reeves.

Richard Gatt took fifth place on the GRS Suzuki while Greg Lambert took sixth on the Dalepak Suzuki after starting the race from pitlane, opting to change tyres after the warm-up lap.

Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship, round five, race two result (15 laps ­19.50 miles): 1 Bryan Pedder (Suzuki) 15m 56.645s ­ 73.30mph, 2 Tim Reeves (Suzuki) 15m 59.943s, 3 Stuart Muldoon (Suzuki) 16m 10.387s, 4 Steve Webster (Suzuki) 16m 10.426s, 5 Richard Gatt (Suzuki) 16m 11.222s, 6 Greg Lambert (Suzuki) 16m 17.035s, 7 Steve Norbury (Yamaha) 16m 21.430s, 8 Andy Peach (Suzuki) 16m 30.075s, 9 Andy Laidlow (Suzuki) 16m 30.095s, 10 Derek Brindley (Suzuki) 16m 30.276s.

Championship points: 1 Webster 178, 2 Reeves 134, 3 Brindley 107, 4 Lambert 94, 5 Gatt 84, 6 Bill Philp (Yamaha) 75, 7 Pedder 71, 8 Muldoon 66, 9 Peach 47, 10 Ben Birchall (Yamaha) 41.

From a press release:

24 Hores de Motociclisme
Circuit de Catalunya
Montmelo, Cataluynya

Final results 24 Hours of Catalunya

Folch Yamaha Wins 24 Hours of Catalunya, Noyes-Lozano-Delgado Third

Any one of four teams could have won but at the end of 24 Hours and 722 laps the winner, for the fifth time in the ten year history of the resurrected event (originally held in Montjuic Park).

Leaders for most of the long way was the Catala 1 team (Fores-Cabana-Monge), but they were stuck in the pits for two long stops, once to chase down an electrical problem with the lighting and another time with clutch adjustments.

The winning Folch team (Tomas-Hervas-Ribalta) nearly threw it all away with a nighttime crash by Ribalta, but they lost only four laps of what was then a five-lap lead.

The Catala 2 team of Lazano, Noyes and Delgado was running on the same lap with Folch 1 and pulling back the gap when the clutch began to slip, requiring a six-lap stop that dropped them to fourth. The Pons Yamaha team of Casas, Tizon and Perez, moved into a strong second place with two hours to go, but both Catalá teams piled on the pressure with Tomas for Catalá 1 and Noyes for Catalá 2 the only riders to consistently lap in the 1:52s in their push to catch the only catchable target…Pons Yamaha.

Catalá 1 got by with an hour to go, but Catalá 2 still had a lap to make up with an hour to go. The team decided to skip Delgado’s stint because of his off-pace lap times and make a desperate attempt by running Noyes and Lozano exclusively over the last two-and-a-half hours.

With 40 minutes to go Noyes was going out with half a tank and only a new rear in an attempt to pull what would have been a miracle…taking five seconds a lap. But then, just as Lozano saw his sign to pit, Casas appeared, late, down pit lane with a broken screen and brake lever…he had succumbed to the pressure of losing time steadily to both Catala bikes, and went down.

Noyes went out unsure as to whether he was down 20 seconds or up 20 seconds due to an inopportune timing glitch, but was relieved to see a big P-3 +59 seconds on the Catalá board.

The last hour of the race was televised live on TV3 to a huge audience, in part die to the fact the the French Formula 1 GP followed immediately.

For American Kenny Noyes it was his first major National/International Podium (though he did win the National Superseries Championship in 2003 on a Honda…equivalent to Superstock), but this was, as Kenny said, “The first big result in road racing. We had some bad luck with the clutch, but we made our own good luck by pushing right to the end. It was my first ride on a Suzuki, too. I’ll be back on my Honda next weekend at Albacete for the Spanish National Formula Extreme Series. That will be only 35 minutes…this was like a 24-hour sprint!”

Results for the 2004 24 Hours of Catalunya

1. Folch Yamaha 2 (Tomas-Hervas-Revalta) 722 laps

2. Catala Suzuki 1 (Fores-Cabana-Monje) –5 laps

3. Catalá Suzuki 2 (Diego Lozano-Kenny Noyes-Jose Ramon Delgado) -6 laps

4. Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez) –7 laps

5. Procurve Honda (Stey-Lagrille-Roda) –21 laps

6. Folch Yamaha 1 (Sanchez- Arque-Martinez) -26 laps

7. Tumoto Yamaha (Mir-Huguet-Simon) -45 laps

8. Procurve Honda (Rojas-Carrau-Guiteres)

9. Prolimit Suzuki (Gomez-Olmos-Delgado)

10. Chalon Yamaha, (Boquet-Baker-Giles)

(45 of 57 teams finished)

From a press release:

24 Hores de Motociclisme
Circuit de Catalunya
Montmelo, Cataluynya

Dawn report (18 hours)

Yamaha Takes Back Lead in Barcelona Marathon After 18 Hours

Drama struck, as it usually does, just before dawn. First the leading Folch 2 Yamaha crashed at the end of the home straight and the rider had to make the long push back to the pits. The Catalá 1, Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge) had already just made two unscheduled stops with a slipping clutch and a burned out headlight. This had dropped them to fourth and sent the Catala 2, Suzuki (Diego Lozano-Kenny Noyes-Jose Ramon Delgado) into second, and with the Folch crash, Kenny Noyes, riding the dawn stint, looked sure to take the lead.

Then the safety cars came on for a fallen rider at the final corner and Noyes made an emergency stop to change a terminally slipping clutch.

Folch got his repaired Yamaha back into the fray just before the pace car appeared and kept the lead, with the Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez) moving into second. With both Catala bikes now running again the results are as follows, but with a fireball sun rising in a cloudless sky, tire technicians anticipate much higher track temperatures than yesterday, and that could be a factor.

With six hours to go, the race now moves into its final stage.

1. Folch 2, Yamaha (Tomas-Hervas-Ribalta) 518 LAPS

2. Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez) – 3 LAPS

3. Catalá 1, Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge) – 6 LAPS

4. Catala 2, Suzuki (Diego Lozano-Kenny Noyes-Jose Ramon Delgado) – 6 LAPS

5. Procurve Honda (Stey-Lagrille-Roda) – 13 LAPS

6. Folch 1 Yamaha (Sanchez-Arque-Martinez) – 21 LAPS

7. Procurve Honda (Stey-Lagrille-Roda) –26 LAPS

8. Procurve Honda (Rojas-Carrau-Guiteres) -27 LAPS

9. Prolimit Suzuki (Gomez-Olmos-Delgado) -30 LAPS

10. Chalon Yamaha, (Boquet-Baker-Giles) – 37 LAPS

(49 TEAMS ARE STILL RUNNING OF 57 STARTERS)

From a press release issued by series organizers:

PICOTTE REPEATS

CALGARY, AB It was business as usual for Pascal Picotte in Sunday’s third round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Race City Motorsport Park in Calgary.The Granby, QC rider was last year’s champion and won Saturday’s race handily, so his flag-to-flag victory in Sunday’s race on his Team Yamaha / Picotte Performance Yamaha YZF-R1 wasn’t entirely unexpected.

“That Yamaha R1 really suits me now,” Picotte said. “It’s started growing on me.I feel confident pushing it hard right from the get-go because the bike feels good. After the first round we weren’t quite there so we just went back and worked a little harder.We’re looking good for the championship.”

Steve Crevier of Maple Ridge, BC started 16th but tore up through the field to fourth by the end of lap 1 on the DXS Diablo Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000. A lap later he was past the Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZF-R1 of Kleinburg, ON racer Frank Trombino and into third. For most of the race, Crevier trailed local rider Clint McBain, whose Coors Light Racing / Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R1000 was running about four seconds in arrears of Picotte.

As the field completed lap 14, Crevier tucked into McBain’s draft and blasted past as the two entered turn 1. McBain tried too hard to recover the position and took an off-road excursion through turns 1 and 2, rejoining to finish in fourth behind Jordan Szoke’s Honda Canada / Fast Company Honda CBR1000RR.

The Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike race was run in the wet and fell to 18-year-old Chris Peris, a regular on the AMA Superbike circuit but a native of Calgary. Peris made an excellent start from the middle of the second row and outbraked Picotte and Crevier into turn 1. The Suzuki GSX-R600 led the rest of the way.

While Picotte was never seriously challenged for second on his Yamaha YZF-R6, Szoke had to battle past several competitors on his way to third on a Honda CBR600RR.

Peris was well aware that Picotte was just behind.

“I saw him there, I just kind of knew I had to make a charge for it,” he said. “He’s a hard guy to get by. He doesn’t make any mistakes, ever, so I just had to try to get ahead.”

Peris gave some of the credit for his win to the tires fitted to his Suzuki.

“We had those new Michelin Turbines,” he explained. “They’re awesome tires.They just stuck the whole time.You could get off the corner like a DOT in the dry.”

Olivier Spilborghs may be from Vancouver but he’s a familiar face at Race City and he parlayed his knowledge into victory in the International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Amateur 600 Sport Bike race.

The Parts Canada Superbike Championship continues with another doubleheader weekend at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, ON July 16-18.

This weekend’s events will be televised on TSN on July 24 and July 31 at 11:30 a.m. EDT and on Quebec’s RDS on Aug. 8 at 12:00 p.m. and Aug. 22 at 11:30 a.m. The action will also appear in one-hour format later this summer on Toronto1 and A-Channel stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.

Results of Sunday’s third round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Race City Motorsport Park in Calgary, showing finishing position, number, rider name, hometown and brand of motorcycle:

1. #1, Pascal Picotte, Granby, QC, Yamaha; 2. #14, Steve Crevier, Maple Ridge, BC, Suzuki; 3. #101, Jordan Szoke, Brantford, ON, Honda; 4. #9, Clint McBain, Calgary, AB, Suzuki; 5. #26, Andrew Nelson, Kars, ON, Honda; 6. #6, Craig Connell, Brisbane, Australia, Suzuki; 7. #16, Francis Martin, Rock Forest, QC, Kawasaki; 8. #7, Jeff Williams, Harrowsmith, ON, Suzuki; 9. #34, Kevin Lacombe, Granby, QC, Yamaha; 10. #13, Matthew McBride, Mississauga, ON, Kawasaki; 11. #31, Frank Trombino, Kleinburg, ON, Yamaha; 12. #3, Chris Peris, Calgary, AB, Suzuki; 13. #36, Peter Holzinger, Banff, AB, Suzuki; 14. #46, Tim Easton, Calgary, Yamaha; 15. #12, Bill Card, Wellesley, ON, Honda; 16. #51, Yannick Morin, Repetigny, QC, Kawasaki; 17. #17, Brian Nielsen, Edmonton, AB, Yamaha; DNF. #441, Francois Chartrand, Anjou, QC, Yamaha; DNF. #114, Corey Sherman, Corbyville, ON, Suzuki; DNF. #11, Mike Zottmann, Calgary, AB, Suzuki; DNF. #47, Matt Binns, Uxbridge, ON, Ducati. DNS. #42, Barry French, Brampton, ON, Yamaha; DNS. #57, Dave Hodge, Acton, ON, Triumph; DNS. #74, Michael Leon, Beaconsfield, QC, Suzuki; DNS. #100, Dale Yamada, Calgary, AB, Kawasaki; DNS. #169, James McCarthy, Edmonton, AB, Kawasaki

Parts Canada Superbike Championship point standings after three of eight
rounds, showing position, rider name and point total:

1. Pascal Picotte, 151; 2. Steve Crevier, 136; 3. Clint McBain, 117; 4. Jordan Szoke, 96; 5. Kevin Lacombe, 83; 6. Jeff Williams, 77; 7. Andrew Nelson, 73; 8. Frank Trombino, 71; 9. Craig Connell, 65; 10. Francis Martin, 52; 11. Matthew McBride, 49; 12. Chris Peris, 39; 13. Peter Holzinger, 25; 14. Bill Card, 24; 15 tie. Jean-Francois Cyr, 21; 15 tie. Brian Nielsen, 21; 17. Michael Leon, 18; 18. Yannick Morin, 16; 19. Brent Strong, 15; 20 tie. Stuart Nodell, 13; 20 tie. Tim Easton, 13; 22 tie. Larry Orde, 6; 22 tie. Corey Sherman, 6; 24 tie. Darryn Wilbur, 4; 24 tie. Mike Zottmann, 4; 26. Dave Young, 2; 27. Sebastien Michel, 1


Sportbike Results
1. Chris Peris, Suzuki
2. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha
3. Jordan Szoke, Honda
4. Steve Crevier, Suzuki
5. Clint McBain, Suzuki
6. Craig Connell, Suzuki
7. Andrew Nelson, Honda
8. Matthew McBride, Kawasaki
9. Brian Nielsen, Yamaha
10. Francis Martin, Kawasaki
11. Frank Trombino, Yamaha
12. Dale Yamada, Kawasaki
13. Jeff Williams, Suzuki
14. Alex Lotsov, Suzuki
15. Alan Schmidt, Yamaha

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1. Sete Gibernau, Honda, 1:49.572
2. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1:49.766
3. Alex Barros, Honda, 1:50.064
4. Makoto Tamada, Honda, 1:50.082
5. Max Biaggi, Honda, 1:50.121
6. Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, 1:50.180
7. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, 1:50.232
8. Colin Edwards, Honda, 1:50.284
9. Loris Capirossi, Ducati, 1:50.591
10. Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 1:50.732
11. Carlos Checa, Yamaha, 1:50.792
12. Alex Hofmann, Kawasaki, 1:51.079
13. Norick Abe, Yamaha, 1:51.176
14. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1:51.226
15. Shinya Nakano, Kawasaki, 1:51.289
16. Marco Melandri, Yamaha, 1:51.383
17. Ruben Xaus, Ducati, 1:51.594
18. Neil Hodgson, Ducati, 1:51.803
19. Jeremy McWilliams, Aprilia, 1:52.019
20. Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton KR, 1:53.259
21. Shane Byrne, Aprilia, 1:53.315
22. Kurtis Roberts, Proton KR, 1:53.375
23. Chris Burns, Harris WCM, 1:55.141
24. David De Gea, Harris WCM, 1:55.236

From a press release:

Nelson Piquet, 4th July
STATISTICS 2004
Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
ROUND 7

Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines

SUNDAY GUIDE
MotoGP

· This is the first pole for both Kenny Roberts and Suzuki since the Grand Prix of Valencia in 2000, the year in which Roberts clinched his World Championship at the Rio Grand Prix.

· Kenny Roberts finished on the podium at Rio in 2002, his only podium finish riding the
four-stroke Suzuki and the last time a Suzuki rider has stood on the podium. Roberts also finished on the podium in Rio in 1999 after qualifying on pole.

· Roberts’ pole is only the second ever in the premier-class for a rider using Bridgestone tyres, the other being at the Australian Grand Prix in 2002 when Jeremy McWilliams was on pole riding his Proton KR3.

· Kenny Roberts’ pole position time is the fastest ever lap of the Nelson Piquet circuit
by a motorcycle. The top seventeen riders on the grid have lapped faster than the existing lap record set in 2003 by Valentino Rossi.

· Max Biaggi, who has had three podium finishes in Rio in the premier-class, has qualified in his best grid position since he qualified on pole at the Pacific Grand Prix in Motegi last year.

· Nicky Hayden starts from the front row of the grid for the third time in the last four races.

· Sete Gibernau has failed to qualify on the front row of the grid for the first time since the Malaysian Grand Prix last year.

· Alex Barros has finished in the top five on five occasions at the Rio Grand Prix, including a single podium finish in 2000 when he finished in second place, less than one second behind Rossi.

· Loris Capirossi has qualified in sixth place on the grid, his best grid position so far in 2004.

· Last year at Rio, Makoto Tamada scored his first ever Grand Prix podium and also the first ever podium for Bridgestone tyres in the MotoGP class.

· Valentino Rossi, who has won on each of his four starts in the premier-class in Rio, has qualified in his lowest grid position since he started in eighth place on the grid at the Malaysian GP in 2002.

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CINZANO RIO GRAND PRIX
125cc Grand Prix
21 laps, 104 km
1. Hector Barbera, Aprilia
2. Casey Stoner, KTM, -0.096 second
3. Andrea Dovizioso, Honda, -0.202
4. Roberto Locatelli, Aprilia, -0.359
5. Mirko Giansanti, Aprilia, -0.737
6. Marco Simoncelli, Aprilia, -7.614
7. Pablo Nieto, Aprilia, -7.769
8. Mika Kallio, KTM, -12.725
9. Alvaro Bautista, Aprilia, -13.950
10. Mattia Pasini, Aprilia, -19.938
11. Andrea Ballerini, Aprilia, -25.983
12. Mike De Meglio, Aprilia, -26.633
13. Dimone Corsi, Honda, -26.996
14. Julian Simon, Honda, -27.131
15. Lukas Pesek, Honda, -30.697




CINZANO RIO GRAND PRIX
250cc Grand Prix
22 laps, 109 km
1. Manuel Poggiali, Aprilia
2. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda, -0.076 second
3. Roni Elias, Honda, -3.792
4. Alex de Angelis, Aprilia, -4.678
5. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia, -20.393
6. Hiroshi Aoyama, Honda, -20.576
7. Roberto Rolfo, Honda, -30.399
8. Randy de Puniet, Aprilia, -34.742
9. Alex Debon, Honda, -36.021
10. Franco Battaini, Aprilia, -36.476
11. Hugo Marchand, Aprilia, -50.991
12. Sylvain Guintoli, Aprilia, -52.196
13. Chaz Davies, Aprilia, -53.576
14. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha, -61.641
15. Dirk Heidorf, Aprilia, -62.014

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Saturday Morning MotoGP Practice Times:

1. Makoto TAMADA, Honda, 1:49.699
2. Nicky HAYDEN, Honda, 1:49.862
3. Sete GIBERNAU, Honda, 1:49.919
4. Max BIAGGI, Honda, 1:50.180
5. Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha, 1:50.197
6. Alex BARROS, Honda, 1:50.630
7. Kenny ROBERTS, Suzuki, 1:50.643
8. Colin EDWARDS, Honda, 1:50.767
9. Loris CAPIROSSI, Ducati, 1:50.832
10. Carlos CHECA, Yamaha, 1:50.857
11. Marco MELANDRI, Yamaha, 1:51.081
12. Troy BAYLISS, Ducati, 1:51.118
13. Alex HOFMANN, Kawasaki, 1:51.128
14. Shinya NAKANO, Kawasaki, 1:51.215
15. Norick ABE, Yamaha, 1:51.314
16. John HOPKINS, Suzuki, 1:51.656
17. Ruben XAUS, Ducati, 1:52.171
18. Jeremy McWILLIAMS, Aprilia, 1:52.316
19. Neil HODGSON, Ducati, 1:52.580
20. Shane BYRNE, Aprilia, 1:53.437
21. Nobuatsu AOKI, Proton, 1:53.628
22. Kurtis ROBERTS, Proton, 1:53.690
23. Chris BURNS, Harris WCM, 1:55.031
24. David DE GEA, Harris WCM, 1:55.388

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Final 125cc GP Qualifying Results:

1. Hector BARBERA, Aprilia, 1:57.323
2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, 1:57.683
3. Jorge LORENZO, Derbi, 1:57.793
4. Mattia PASINI, Aprilia, 1:57.923
5. Casey STONER, KTM, 1:58.055
6. Roberto LOCATELLI, Aprilia, 1:58.162
7. Mirko GIANSANTI, Aprilia, 1:58.254
8. Pablo NIETO, Aprilia, 1:58.639
9. Andrea BALLERINI, Aprilia, 1:58.664
10. Youichi UI, Aprilia, 1:58.726
11. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, 1:58.779
12. Gino BORSOI, Aprilia, 1:58.782
13. Julian SIMON, Honda, 1:58.824
14. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 1:58.828
15. Simon CORSI, Honda, 1:58.847