French Moto GP

**SPman** · 15th May 2004, 12:18

Times after first practice

1	Colin Edwards	Telefonica Movistar Honda	Honda	1:33.870
2	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	1:33.966
3	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	1:34.207
4	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	1:34.260
5	Sete Gibernau	Telefonica Movistar Honda	Honda	1:34.288
6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	1:34.303
7	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	1:34.307
8	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	1:34.328
9	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	1:34.381
10	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda	Honda	1:34.535
11	Kenny Roberts	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	1:34.557
12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	1:35.033
13	Ruben Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	1:35.041
14	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	1:35.213
15	Norick Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	1:35.441
16	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	1:35.463

**k14** · 15th May 2004, 12:32

Ohh, rossi isn't going too well.

What happened to hodgson? Atleast those suzuki's are down where they should be

**bluninja** · 16th May 2004, 08:09

Well Sundays all planned out for me...since I've no bike to ride I guess I'll have to watch MotoGP and WSB live....if only I could work out how to use the father in laws DVD recorder I could record it and post it over...would get it quicker than waiting for it on free to view TV.

Watched the qualifying of the big boys today, seeing the grid positions all start changing in the last few minutes was fun....seeing Hodgson lose his bike wasn't. Can't wait for the race tomorrow.

LB · 16th May 2004, 09:01

Hi bluninja, good to hear you're still on KB. Hope all's going well for you and yours. Looking fwd to seeing your SV again on the 29th at the next Vic Club round. (sorry,

)

And I'm looking fwd to watching WSB Monday night (will be taping it from Sky) and hopefully, courtesy of Duckman/Deano, seeing the GP some time fairly soon.

LB · 16th May 2004, 09:02

PS: what's the story with Jeremy McWilliams? He retired at Jerez, and he's not in the top 16 above? I know he did break one/some rib/s recently, does anyone know if that's the problem?

**k14** · 16th May 2004, 10:00

Hey SPman, what site did you get that from?? Do you know what the final qualifying results were??

**SPman** · 16th May 2004, 11:26

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/May/040515bd.htm

1 - Sete Gibernau - Telefonica Movistar Honda – Honda - 1:33.425
2 - Carlos Checa - Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha - Yamaha - 1:33.575
3 - Max Biaggi - Camel Honda – Honda - 1:33.579
4 - Valentino Rossi - Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha – Yamaha - 1:33.668
5 - Marco Melandri - Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 – Yamaha - 1:33.920
6 - Colin Edwards - Telefonica Movistar Honda – Honda - 1:34.014
7 - Makoto Tamada - Camel Honda – Honda - 1:34.057
8 - Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda – Honda - 1:34.079
9 - Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati - 1:34.095
10 - Troy Bayliss - Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati - 1:34.211
11 - Alex Barros - Repsol Honda – Honda - 1:34.342
12 - Shinya Nakano - Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki - 1:34.362
13 - Kenny Roberts - J R Team Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki - 1:34.459
14 - Neil Hodgson - D'Antin MotoGP – Ducati - 1:34.526
15 - Ruben Xaus - D'Antin MotoGP – Ducati - 1:34.578
16 - John Hopkins - Team Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki - 1:34.597
17 - Norick Abe - Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 – Yamaha - 1:34.665
18 - Jeremy McWilliams - MS Aprilia Racing – Aprilia - 1:35.371
19 - Nobuatsu Aoki - Proton Team KR - Proton KR - 1:36.044
20 – Kurtis Roberts - Proton Team KR - Proton KR - 1:36.373

**Ghost Lemur** · 16th May 2004, 11:50

Carlos Checa seems to be doing well. Hope he can follow it through and get a reasonable placing.

Certainly is competitive and seemingly very even between Honda and Yamaha at the top of the field.

Good to also see Rossi picking up the pace. I never count that guy out of winning races.

Gibernau seems to be on form and imho the most likely (if any) of toppling Rossi this year.

**boris** · 16th May 2004, 13:37

try using motogp.com they give heaps of info like top speed capirossi Ducati 306.2km biaggi honda 307.4 rossi yamaha only 302.5.the harris wcm 288.8..it also give best part lap times which show were they gane and lose time.