De Puniet tops GP times

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French Kawasaki rider Randy De Puniet has topped the second practice session for the Philip Island MotoGP round, becoming the only rider to drop below one minute 30 seconds for a lap.

The GP rookie outpaced Ducati’s Loris Capirossi, and Honda’s Nicky Hayden. Australia’s own Casey Stoner was sixth quickest on the LCR Honda, with Valentino Rossi seventh, and Britain’s James Ellison in 19th.

Phillip Island Free Practice Two:

1. Randy De Puniet 1:29.745.

2. Loris Capirossi 1:30.310.

3. Nicky Hayden 1:30.471.

4. Shinya Nakano 1:30.716.

5. Sete Gibernau 1:30.719.

6. Valentino Rossi 1:31.045.

7. Carlos Checa 1:31.137.

8. Marco Melandri 1:31.154.

9. Makoto Tamada 1:31.346.

10. Kenny Roberts Jr 1:31.358.

11. Casey Stoner 1:31.512.

12. John Hopkins 1:31.719.

13. Colin Edwards 1:31.785.

14. Chris Vermeulen 1:31.846.

15. Alex Hofmann 1:31.978.

16. Dani Pedrosa 1:32.304.

17. Jose Luis Cardoso 1:32.419.

18. Toni Elias 1:32.696.

19. James Ellison 1:32.778.

250cc qualifying one:

Jorge LORENZO 1’33.215

Sylvain GUINTOLI 1’33.984

Alex DE ANGELIS 1’34.033

Hiroshi AOYAMA 1’34.123

Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1’34.239

Hector BARBERA 1’34.267

Jakub SMRZ 1’34.327

Marco SIMONCELLI 1’34.387

Anthony WEST 1’34.892

Shuhei AOYAMA 1’35.158

Dirk HEIDOLF 1’35.288

Arturo TIZON 1’35.674

Yuki TAKAHASHI 1’35.776

Andrea BALLERINI 1’35.960

Manuel POGGIALI 1’36.027

Roberto LOCATELLI 1’36.265

Fabricio PERREN 1’36.290

Arnaud VINCENT 1’36.747

Jordi CARCHANO 1’37.338

Alex BALDOLINI 1’37.415

Aleix ESPARGARO 1’37.696

Taro SEKIGUCHI 1’38.316

Jules CLUZEL 1’38.692

Luca MORELLI 1’39.396

DNQ:
Alessio PALUMBO 1’41.907
Martin CARDENAS

125cc QUalifying one:

Mika KALLIO 1’36.664

Thomas LUTHI 1’37.311

Hector FAUBEL 1’37.330

Joan OLIVE 1’37.369

Alvaro BAUTISTA 1’37.384

Lukas PESEK 1’37.419

Mattia PASINI 1’37.643

Sergio GADEA 1’37.689

Julian SIMON 1’37.793

Mike DI MEGLIO 1’37.826

Raffaele DE ROSA 1’37.836

Nicolas TEROL 1’37.839

Gabor TALMACSI 1’38.062

Fabrizio LAI 1’38.149

Lorenzo ZANETTI 1’38.176

Bradley SMITH 1’38.192

Pablo NIETO 1’38.288

Tomoyoshi KOYAMA 1’38.336

Esteve RABAT 1’38.750

Imre TOTH 1’38.799

Federico SANDI 1’38.933

Karel ABRAHAM 1’39.020

Simone CORSI 1’39.369

Manuel HERNANDEZ 1’39.579

Michael RANSEDER 1’39.597

Michele CONTI 1’39.847

Pol ESPARGARO 1’40.019

Roberto TAMBURINI 1’40.042

Joey LITJENS 1’40.317

Dino LOMBARDI 1’40.497

Roberto LACALENDOLA 1’40.532

Vincent BRAILLARD 1’40.791

Michele PIRRO 1’40.887

Blake LEIGH-SMITH 1’40.905

Hiroaki KUZUHARA 1’41.426

Simone GROTZKYJ 1’41.530

Rhys MOLLER 1’43.388

DNQ
Brett SYMONDS
Tom HATTON
Brent RIGOLI
Sandro CORTESE

MCN Staff

By MCN Staff