Capirossi tops 1st day

Loris Capriossi has topped the first day of practice at the Dutch round of the MotoGP world championship.

Capirossi took his Ducati to the fastest lap of the Assen track on his last time round setting a time of 2:00.757 and beating second placed man and top rider from the morning session Valentino Rossi by 0.083 seconds

Many of the riders struggled with the altered track with numerous bikes taking to the gravel as the pace increased and Ruben Xaus taking a big fall.

Sete Gibernau managed to hold on to the third fastest time followed by Alex Barros, Marco Melandri and Nicky Hayden.

The second Ducati of Carlos Checa took eighth fastest time with Colin Edwards and Max Biaggi finishing the top ten.

You can bid on a piece of Loris Capirossi’s knee armour by going to MCN Auctions. The auction closes at 2.25pm Friday and you can check on its current price here.

We’ll be bringing you full reports from all the weekend’s racing action with MotoGP qualifying on Friday afternoon at 1pm and the race on Saturday at 1pm.

And don’t forget to check out the June 29 edition of MCN for all the behind the scenes news that you won’t get from the TV.

MotoGP second practice times:

Loris Capirossi, 2:00.757

Valentino Rossi, 2:00.840

Sete Gibernau, 2:01.037

Alex Barros, 2:01.053

Marco Melandri, 2:01.242

Nicky Hayden, 2:01.490

Carlos Checa, 2:01.524

Colin Edwards, 2:01.588

Max Biaggi, 2:02.029

Shinya Nakano, 2:02.280

John Hopkins, 2:02.289

Troy Bayliss, 2:02.424

Alex Hofmann, 2:02.617

Ruben Xaus, 2:02.790

Makoto Tamada, 2:03.066

Kenny Roberts, 2:03.609

David Checa, 2:04.259

Roberto Rolfo, 2:05.187

Shane Byrne, 2:05.353

James Ellison, 2:07.680

Franco Battaini, 2:07.868