PI Day Three

1. Sete Gibernau - Ducati Marlboro 1'29.99 - 83 laps
2. Loris Capirossi - Ducati Marlboro 1'30.20 - 81
3. Marco Melandri - Fortuna Honda 1'30.55 - 117
4. Shinya Nakano - Kawasaki Racing 1'30.65 - 61
5. Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda 1'30.95 - 95
6. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda 1'31.10 - 96
7. Casey Stoner - LCR Honda 1'31.21 - 80
8. Kenny Roberts jr - KR Honda 1'31.64 - 70
9. Randy de Puniet - Kawasaki Racing 1'31.77 - 81
10. Makoto Tamada - Konica Minolta Honda 1'31.87 - 74
11. Toni Elías - Fortuna Honda 1'32.18 - 69
12. Alex Hofmann - d'Antin Ducati 1'32.52 - 43
13. Jose Luis Cardoso - d'Antin Ducati ----------------------


Ino it's only the second test of the year, but why do you think Elias is so far down again? To be honest i was expecting him to up with the top 6 easy!

It's worrying though we don't know if he used qualy tires or race tires. Rossi was fifth in Sepang test but he didn't use a qualy tire so he probably was the fastest.

Elías has always needed time to adapt to changes, so I'm hoping he will steadily improve as the season goes on.

Nakano was 4th with the almighty ZXRR !!!, Though I suspect it was done on qualy tires.

In an interview with Hoffman last week he said that his Ducati (2004 spec) was so much more powerful than the Kawa engine.

I'm happy with those results.

Of course the GP4's better than the Kawa. It's down about 30 hp on the RCV and the Duc.
An Australian Reporter got to ride Nakano's ZXRR (As well as Checa's Duc and Rossi's M1) And in that article he said it's a lot like the M1 except a lot rougher around the edges. Apparently the man behind the M1 is now working on the ZXRR, and as we know the current model is a lot better than the original. All good news
Kawa have got a long way to go, but theyre getting there.