Valencia test – day one:
 

Valencia test – day one:

1. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1min 34.4 secs
2. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 1min 34.8 secs
3. John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 35.03 secs
4. Casey Stoner AUS Honda Pons 1min 35.04 secs
5. Carlos Checa ITA Honda Pons 1min 35.12 secs
6. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 35.2 secs
7. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 35.5 secs
8. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 1min 35.7 secs
9. James Ellison GBR D'Antin Ducati Pramac 1min 35.7 secs
10. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 35.71 secs
11. Roberto Rolfo ITA D'Antin Ducati Pramac 1min 35.73 secs
12. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 35.86 secs
13. Chris Vermulen AUS Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 36.28 secs
14. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 36.6 secs
15. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 36.8 secs
16. Max Neukirchner GER Honda 1min 37.49 secs*
17. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Honda 1min 39.5 secs
18. Thomas Luthi SWI Honda 1min 44.29 secs

Wow - good to see you young guns high up the board :o

Shame Vermuelen is so low down though...

Stoner ahead of new Honda golden boy Pedrosa! Casey is just over half a second off Melandri! That's bloody good going that!

Great to see Ellison in the top ten. It does put Vermeulen's times in perspective, though.

And, Gibernau is right up there as well. Let's hope his luck improves for next season. I am not particularly fond of the guy either, but I don't really see the point of all this Gibernau bashing.

Casey......Excellent
Sete........As quick as ever, just needs to be able to do it every race throughout a season
Dani.........Very impressive on what to him is a very big motorcycle
James......Fantastic, onwards and upwards
Loris........Take a Holiday and come back fighting fit

looks like James will be showing his true talent next year if he keeps going like that :)

James is going great guns, but Stoner is the one for me very impressive for his first GP experience

when did checa become Italian ?
:lol:

What impresses me is, that if you look at the spread of times, there are all the new boys on bikes that are totally new to them mixing it up within a second or so of of Hayden...who's been riding his bike for a while now and was enjoying a run of form towards the end of the season

What will be more interesting, will be who can stay on the pace when it really hots up - Sete's pole lap for the GP was 1:31.8 and they were doing 1:33 race laps.

On the ducati web site, sete is quoted as saying "I will have to change my style a bit!"

Hes not kidding!:lol::lol: