Report, 05/03/06 final day of testing.
1. Sete Gibernau - Ducati Marlboro 1'56.355
2. Colin Edwards - Camel Yamaha 1'56.449
3. Kenny Roberts jr. - Team Roberts 1'57.508
4. James Ellison - Yamaha Tech 3 1'57.899
5. Carlos Checa - Yamaha Tech 3 1'58.589
6. Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro 1'59.560
7. Toni Elias - Fortuna Honda 2'00.209
8. Tadayuki Okada - HRC 2'03.912
9. Jose Luis Cardoso - d'Antin Ducati 2'05.468
10. Vittoriano Guareschi - Ducati Marlboro 2'06.455
only 2 factory bikes in the top 5 and one of those is a Duc, and only 4 factory bikes in the top 10, and Suzuki was fastest through the speed traps.
you didnt mension that the Roberts bike at least now has a competitive engine and I beleive we will be seeing a Bimota of sorts sometime in the season.
Jerez Test- MotoGP from MOTGP .com today
Day One: Provisional times as of 1pm
1. Sete Gibernau - Ducati Marlboro 1'41.450
2. Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro 1'41.619
3. Colin Edwards - Camel Yamaha 1'42.038
4. Shinya Nakano - Kawasaki Racing 1'42.173
5. John Hopkins - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'42.273
6. Carlos Checa - Tech 3 Yamaha 1'42.435
7. Valentino Rossi - Camel Yamaha 1'42.448
8. Randy de Puniet - Kawasaki Racing 1'42.614
9. Makoto Tamada - Konica Minolta Honda 1'43.121
10. Marco Melandri - Fortuna Honda 1'43.579
could you be more wrong OK its testing and not a race but at least there are a number of manufactuures in the mix Honda did after all make GPs painfull.
Max your rant about dated 500s is I am sorry to say (dont take this the wrong way) getting a bit boring
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