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25-03-2006, 03:28 PM
Loris Capirossi will be starting the Jerez MotoGP tomorrow at the front of an all Bridgestone front row. The little Italian completed a stunning lap in the closing moments of the session which improved further on an earlier lap that already placed him in first.
The one hour long qualifying session got off to a dramatic start when Alex Hofmann's Ducati suffered an oil leak going into turn nine, a matter of minutes after qualifying started. He managed to keep the bike upright but many of the riders behind him on the track weren't so lucky. Valentino Rossi was the first rider to hit the patch of oil and immediately his Yamaha M1 slipped out from underneath him and into the gravel, suffering heavy damage. It was soon chaos as every rider who went to turn in crashed as soon as they reached the oil spill. Both Kawasakis, Marco Melandri and Kenny Roberts Junior all had to switch to their number two bikes for the rest of the session, which was red flagged to stop any more riders goin...Read the full article. (http://www.motoreview.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=29)
The one hour long qualifying session got off to a dramatic start when Alex Hofmann's Ducati suffered an oil leak going into turn nine, a matter of minutes after qualifying started. He managed to keep the bike upright but many of the riders behind him on the track weren't so lucky. Valentino Rossi was the first rider to hit the patch of oil and immediately his Yamaha M1 slipped out from underneath him and into the gravel, suffering heavy damage. It was soon chaos as every rider who went to turn in crashed as soon as they reached the oil spill. Both Kawasakis, Marco Melandri and Kenny Roberts Junior all had to switch to their number two bikes for the rest of the session, which was red flagged to stop any more riders goin...Read the full article. (http://www.motoreview.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=29)