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Post by BADGER on Oct 19, 2007 17:21:19 GMT
1. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 2.917 secs 2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 2.928 secs 3. Marco Melandri ITA Honda Gresini (B) 2min 3.661 secs 4. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 3.767 secs 5. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 3.825 secs 6. Toni Elias SPA Honda Gresini (B) 2min 4.031 secs 7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 2min 4.094 secs 8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 4.455 secs 9. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 4.494 secs 10. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 4.752 secs 11. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 2min 4.770 secs 12. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin (B) 2min 4.774 secs 13. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 4.940 secs 14. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 5.162 secs 15. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 5.234 secs 16. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 5.421 secs 17. Chaz Davies GBR Pramac d'Antin (B) 2min 5.897 secs 18. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 2min 5.939 secs 19. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 2min 6.429 secs 20. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 2min 7.033 secs
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Post by BADGER on Oct 19, 2007 17:27:36 GMT
Flying Frenchman Randy de Puniet will have his sights set on a debut MotoGP pole position during Saturday's Malaysian GP qualifying season, weather permitting, after leading the way in Friday practice.
The Motegi runner-up - starting his last two grands prix for Kawasaki before joining HondaLCR in 2008 - was fifth fastest during the slick opening session on the resurfaced Sepang racetrack, before edging out new world champion Casey Stoner by just 0.011secs with a blistering afternoon lap.
"During the first part of the practice session the track conditions weren't so easy, which is why I stayed in the pits, but I went out on track after about 20 minutes," recalled Randy, looking to further banish a reputation for being fast but somewhat mistake prone. "The surface was becoming dry [after a rain shower] and I feel I did a good job. I tried a hard compound race tyre, which gave me a really good feeling, so I'm pleased with that, and I did some really good, consistent lap times so it's not been such a bad day! I think we can improve the bike a little bit for tomorrow but I think, for the first day, we've not done badly."
"The weather is due to be bad tomorrow so we planned for [Randy] to do just two, long runs on two different-spec race tyres, so we could get a thorough evaluation of them. Obviously we will slightly adjust the set up: the mapping, engine braking and suspension, but it looks like both Randy and the bike are at a good level after only one day," added crew chief Christophe Bourguignon.
Only four riders were able to get within a second of de Puniet's time and his team-mate, Anthony West, was one of them. West finished Friday in fifth place, with a best run of 2mins 3.825secs.
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Post by lightspeed on Oct 19, 2007 21:08:35 GMT
Now that looks better, a Kawa up front. Let's see if he can keep it at the front for the race.
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