Soup :: MotoGP: Free Practice Two From Istanbul

MotoGP: Free Practice Two From Istanbul
Hayden Leads The Young-Gun Charge
by toby hirst
Friday, April 28, 2006

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:53.623
2 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda RC211V 1:53.861
3 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V 1:53.971
4 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:54.001
5 Toni Elias Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V 1:54.022
6 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 1:54.042
7 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:54.055
8 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:54.227
9 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:54.279
10 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC211V 1:54.422
11 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 1:54.662
12 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:54.722
13 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1:54.967
14 Kenny Roberts Jnr. Team Roberts KR211V 1:55.179
15 Randy De Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1:55.700
16 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 1:56.838
17 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 1:56.943
18 Alex Hofmann Team D'Antin Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:57.467
19 Jose Luis Cardoso Team D'Antin Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:58.007

Repsol Honda's Nick Hayden left it late to record the quickest time of the second free practice session in Turkey after Casey Stoner led for a majority of the hour.

Hayden's fastest lap of 1:53.623 came on lap 25 of 26, leaving him just 0.238 seconds in front of the young Australian who led this morning's first practice.

Fortuna Honda rider Marco Melandri clearly likes the Istanbul track having won the 2005 race, and the Italian slipped into third spot, 0.348 back of the former AMA Superbike champion.

Pedrosa finished the session in fourth, Elias in fifth, Edwards in sixth and Capirossi came home seventh, just 0.054 seconds splitting the four.

Valentino Rossi could only manage 11th place, just over a second back of the 'pole' time, although the multiple champion is clearly working on eradicating existing problems with the set-up of the factory Yamaha.

So, domination at the top of the timing sheets, the first five positions taken by HRC with their RC211V machine, the youngsters on a charge.

Relevant times:

2005 Fastest Lap: Marco Melandri - Movistar Honda MotoGP - 1:53.111

2005 Pole Position: Sete Gibernau - Movistar Honda MotoGP - 1:52.334

2006 FP1: Casey Stoner - LCR Honda - 1:54.276

ENDS

Return to News