Capriossi on Japan pole
125cc final qualifying:
1. Talmacsi 1:58.653.
2. Koyama 1:58.920.
3. Pasini 1:58.970
4. Simoncelli 1:59.038.
5. Faubel 1:59.143.
6. Kallio 1:59.166.
7. Luthi 1:59.363.
8. Poggiali 1:59.460
9. Bautista 1:59.539.
10. Gadea 1:59.596.
11. Simon 1:59.660.
12. Di Meglio 1:59.724.
13. Nieto 1:59.874.
14. Tunez 2:00.106.
15. Cortese 2:00.181.
16. Jerez 2:00.281.
17. Zanetti 2:00.287.
18. Iannone 2:00.288.
19. Kuzuhara 2:00.301.
20. Masbou 2:00.436.
21. Lai 2:00.451.
22. De Rosa 2:00.453.
23. Pesek 2:00.750.
24. Espargaro 2:00.754.
25. Toth 2:00.756.
26. Hernandez 2:01.015.
27. Olive 2:01.126.
28. Giuseppetti 2:01.788.
29. Takahashi 2:01.974.
30. Kuzuhara 2:02.080.
31. Hamamoto 2:02.224.
32. Mori 2:02.274.
33. Sandi 2:02.553.
34. Iwata 2:02.664.
35. Carchano 2:02.850.
36. Pirro 2:02.905.
37. Abraham 2:03.079.
38. Bonache 2:03.463.
39. Braillard 2:03.654.
40. Hommel 2:04.379.
41. Hanafusa 2:04.673.
250cc Final Qualifying:
1. Aoyama H 1:51.843.
2. Lorenzo 1:51.859.
3. Aoyama S 1:52.374.
4. De Angelis 1:52.408.
5. Dovizioso 1:52.603.
6 Takahashi 1:52.634
7. Pedrosa 1:52.662.
8. De Puniet 1:52.890.
9. Stoner 1:52.923.
10. Porto 1:52.966.
11. Guintoli 1:53.768.
12. Sekiguchi 1:53.868.
13. Barbera 1:53.925
14. West 1:53.970.
15. Jenkner 1:54.060.
16. Locatelli 1:54.345.
17. Debon 1:54.416.
18. Yokoe 1:54.435.
19. Heidolf 1:54.512.
20. Giansanti 1:54.539.
21. Rous 1:55.006.
22. Smrz 1:55.040.
23. Davies 1:55.065.
24. Corsi 1:55.105.
25. Ballerini 1:55.240.
26. Takahashi 1:55.815.
27. Cardenas 1:55.986.
28. Baldolini 1:56.360.
29. Tokudome 1:56.585.
30. Akiya 1:56.657.
31. Gines 1:56.955.
32. Vincent 1:57.910
DNQ: Cajback. Ferro. Todorov.
Loris Capirossi showed why Ducati has kept his services for 2006 with a lap record pole position at Motegi in Japan.
Capirossi took his Bridgetone-shod Ducati Desmosedici around the circuit in 1:46.363, almost 0.5 seconds quicker than fellow Bridgestone runner John Hopkins on the Suzuki GSV-R. But Michelin also have a bike on the front row with Marco Melandri taking third place on the grid.
Valentino Rossi could win the title this weekend, but he has given himself quite a challenge. Miscalculating the end of the session, he missed passing the chequered flag by three seconds, leaving himself without a final qualifying lap. This has put him down in 11th place on the grid, starting between Alex Barros and Alex Hoffmann. Yamaha team-mate Colin edwards also had a disapointing session, qualifying in 13th.
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Britian’s James Ellison has qualified in 21st position, just 0.070 behind Blata WCM team-mate Franco Battaini.
MotoGP qualifying:
1. Capirossi 1:46.363.
2. Hopkins 1:46.861.
3. Melandri 1:46.867.
4. Tamada 1:47.043.
5. Biaggi 1:47.089.
6. Hayden 1:47.166.
7. Gibernau 1:47.168.
8. Roberts 1:47.257.
9. Checa 1:47.323.
10. Barros 1:47.562.
11. Rossi 1:47.563.
12. Hofmann 1:47.594.
13. Edwards 1:47.678.
14. Nakano 1:47.787.
15. Ukawa 1:48.194.
16. Rolfo 1:48.733.
17. Elias 1:48.861.
18. Matsudo 1:49.734.
19. Xaus 1:49.969.
20. Battaini 1:51.902
21. Ellison 1:51.972.
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