September 22, 2006 - Results of FP1 and FP2 from Motegi

Yesterday hosted a couple of fabulous practice sessions at Motegi for the MotoGP boys. Nothing ground-breaking... just some good, clean, fast riding. The field held 21 riders, Suzuki's Kousuke Akiyoshi, and Kawasaki's Naoki Matsudo made appearances, although didn't gleen much coverage from the cameras. With so many riders on track, it nearly looked like an AMA race :)

Nicky Hayden re-signed with Repsol Honda for another two years yesterday. With that off his shoulders, he can shift all of his focus to the last of the races, and defending his 24 point lead. He's going to need 100% of his focus..... cause me thinks Rossi's on a mission.

Okay, I am not going to burden the results with a bunch of fluff and witty remarks today... consider yourselves lucky :) Straight to the nutmeat.....

Results of FP1

Position	Rider	Manufacturer
1	Hopkins	Suzuki
2	Rossi	Yamaha
3	Stoner	Honda
4	Edwards	Yamaha
5	Capirossi	Ducati
6	Melandri	Honda
7	Roberts, Jr	KR211V
8	Gibernau	Ducati
9	Hayden	Honda
10	Elias	Honda
11	Nakano	Kawasaki
12	Tamada	Honda
13	de Puniet	Kawasaki
14	Akiyoshi	Suzuki
15	Pedrosa	Honda
16	Checa	Yamaha
17	Vermeulen	Suzuki
18	Hofmann	Ducati
19	Ellison	Yamaha
20	Matsudo	Kawasaki
21	Cardoso	Ducati

Position	Rider	Manufacturer
1	Rossi	Yamaha
2	Nakano	Kawasaki
3	Melandri	Honda
4	Edwards	Yamaha
5	Hayden	Honda
6	Elias	Honda
7	Capirossi	Ducati
8	Hopkins	Suzuki
9	de Puniet	Kawasaki
10	Roberts, Jr	KR211V
11	Stoner	Honda
12	Tamada	Honda
13	Gibernau	Ducati
14	Akiyoshi	Suzuki
15	Pedrosa	Honda
16	Matsudo	Kawasaki
17	Vermeulen	Suzuki
18	Ellison	Yamaha
19	Hofmann	Ducati
20	Checa	Yamaha
21	Cardoso	Ducati

FP3 is tonight at 8 (my time) and WUP is at 1 a.m.

Until next time......

Rubb'er Down :)

Kristen