rossi quickest in first practice!

he is THE MAN , unreal i am glad he left honda, this year is going to rock in moto gp, im a big nicky fan but you gota love rossi, oddly enough kenny roberts jr was lke 4th fastest:dunno

Seems like they are getting the M1 sorted out for Rossi too.. KR jr.'s Suzuki is more competitive this year, seems like its been down on power for the last two years....Looks like its gonna be a good year in MotoGp

Originally posted by ducatiwv Seems like they are getting the M1 sorted out for Rossi too.. KR jr.'s Suzuki is more competitive this year, seems like its been down on power for the last two years....Looks like its gonna be a good year in MotoGp Straight off the Gauloises website- First qualifying practice: Rossi takes provisional pole in South Africa opener The long-awaited season-opening Africa’s Grand Prix commenced in brilliant sunshine today with an exhilarating first MotoGP qualifying session on the bumpy Welkom circuit. Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha rider and reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi, who was fastest in this morning’s free practice session, took provisional pole position whilst his team-mate Carlos Checa finished in tenth place. Twenty-five-year-old Rossi took the lead on his M1 machine after just ten minutes on the clock and managed to hold on to it for most of the session, despite plenty of fast-lap challenges from the rest of the MotoGP pack. With just seven minutes to go Loris Capirossi stole the lead on his Ducati, however Rossi answered back just moments later with a fastest lap of 1’33.353, bettering the lap record he set during last year’s Welkom race by just over five-tenths of a second (1’33.851). Finishing the session just behind him was last year’s race winner and Honda rider Sete Gibernau (1’33.378), followed by Ducati’s Loris Capirossi (1’33.709) and Max Biaggi (Honda, 1’33.730). Checa, who is starting his sixth season with Yamaha, posted a time of 1’34.540, still needing a little more work to do to find the correct set-up. Valentino Rossi (1’33.353)