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Post by BADGER on Sept 15, 2006 19:22:10 GMT
FREE PRACTICE - COMBINED TIMES
1. Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki Racing Team 1'29.745; 2. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team +0.565; 3. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda Team +0.726; 4. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Ducati Marlboro Team +0.948; 5. Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki Racing Team +0.971; 6. Casey Stoner (AUS) LCR Honda +1.023; 7. Marco Melandri (ITA) Fortuna Honda +1.118; 8. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Camel Yamaha Team +1.300; 9. Kenny Roberts (USA) Team Roberts +1.332; 10. Carlos Checa (SPA) Tech 3 Yamaha +1.392
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Post by BADGER on Sept 16, 2006 17:33:59 GMT
qualifying times at Phillip Island.
1. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1min 29.020 secs 2. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 29.258 secs 3. Valentino Rossi ITA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 29.271 secs 4. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 1min 29.662 secs 5. Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 29.680 secs 6. Carlos Checa SPA Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 29.865 secs 7. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 1min 29.949 secs 8. Casey Stoner AUS Honda LCR 1min 29.969 secs 9. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 30.037 secs 10. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 30.081 secs 11. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1min 30.132 secs 12. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 30.237 secs 13. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 30.393 secs 14. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 1min 30.498 secs 15. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 31.143 secs 16. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 31.288 secs 17. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 31.676 secs 18. James Ellison GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 31.998 secs 19. Jose Luis Cardoso SPA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 32.870 secs
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Post by BADGER on Sept 16, 2006 17:45:58 GMT
250 starts at 3am, MotoGP starts 4:15am. British Eurosport TV
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Post by bikesnoopy on Sept 17, 2006 20:32:30 GMT
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Post by BADGER on Sept 18, 2006 7:27:45 GMT
Melandri wins first ever 'bike swap' MotoGP. Marco Melandri has won the first ever motorcycle grand prix to feature rain-induced bike swaps, under full racing conditions, after a dramatic Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
The victory was Melandri's third of the season, but first since he suffered serious injuries at the start of June's Catalan Grand Prix and propelled the Italian to joint third in the championship on a day when title favourites Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi failed to lead a single lap.
1. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 44min 15.621 secs 2. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 44min 25.320 secs 3. Valentino Rossi ITA Camel Yamaha Team 44min 26.147 secs 4. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 44min 26.236 secs 5. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 44min 26.315 secs 6. Casey Stoner AUS Honda LCR 44min 26.944 secs 7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 44min 42.176 secs 8. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 44min 42.287 secs 9. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 45min 12.855 secs 10. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 45min 17.852 secs 11. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 45min 18.053 secs 12. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 45min 34.430 secs 13. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 46min 3.854 secs 14. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 45min 23.691 secs 15. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 44min 31.119 secs 16. James Ellison GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 45min 35.526 secs 17. Jose Luis Cardoso SPA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 44min 57.572 secs
DNF: Carlos Checa SPA Tech 3 Yamaha 28min 26.506 secs Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha Team 11min 11.818 secs
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