Rossi Fastest in Morning Practice

Rossi Fastest in Morning Practice @ Donington by basketball jones Friday, July 23, 2004 Pos. Rider Team Bike Time 1 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 1:30.483 2 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 1:30.620 3 Colin Edwards Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda 1:30.761 4 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1:30.861 5 Sete Gibernau Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda 1:31.002 6 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 1:31.130 7 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Honda 1:31.148 8 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1:31.347 9 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 1:31.354 10 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 1:31.402 11 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1:31.417 12 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1:31.648 13 Kenny Roberts Jr Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1:31.678 14 Norick Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 1:31.833 15 Ruben Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 1:31.888 16 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 1:32.183 17 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 1:32.434 18 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 1:33.514 19 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1:33.205 20 Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 1:33.542 Notes: Five days later and Rossi is back on top while Max Biaggi is mired down in 16th. Donington is a known quantity to Colin Edwards, Troy Bayliss, Neil Hodgson and even Shane Bryne. It shows. All are in fighting trim from the world go. Kurtis Roberts, 22nd fastest; nearly three seconds off Rossi's time.

Originally posted by Magnus Notes: Five days later and Rossi is back on top while Max Biaggi is mired down in 16th. Had he not had tires problems in Germany, he would have won that (excepting a fall or the like). And even with the tire problems, he was hounding (or, as they say, "stalking") Hayden like a man possessed.