MotoGP, 2003 PRE SEASON

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2003 OFFICIAL PRE SEASON IRTA TESTING

FINAL IRTA TEST at SUZUKA JAPAN (MAR 30-31)

DAY 2: (******** quickest)

FINAL IRTA TEST at CATALUNYA, SPAIN (MAR 15-16)

DAY 2: BMW Best Qualifier Award, MAR 16, 2003(******** quickest)

1 Loris Capirossi, Ducati, 1m 43.634 (vs 2002 pole 1m 44.523, Biaggi/Yamaha) ********
2 Alex Barros, Yamaha, 1m 44.154s +0.52s ********
3 Valentino Rossi, Honda, 1m 44.324 +0.69s ********
4 Max Biaggi, Honda, 1m 44.326 +0.692
5 Tohru Ukawa, Honda, 1m 44.487 +0.853
6 Daijiro Kato, Honda, 1m 44.496 +0.862
7 Sete Gibernau, Honda, 1m 44.655 +1.02
8 Marco Melandri, Yamaha, 1m 44.922 +1.28
9 Carlos Checa, Yamaha,1m 44.992 +1.35
10 Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 1m 45.076 +1.442
11 Shinya Nakano, Yamaha,
12 Olivier Jacque, Yamaha,
13 John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1m 45.624 +1.99 ********
14 Nicky Hayden, Honda,
15 Jeremy McWilliams, Proton, 1m 45.709 +2.07 ********
16 Norick Abe, Yamaha,
17 Garry McCoy, Kawasaki, 1m 45.961+2.32 ********
18 Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton,
19 Alex Hofmann, Kawasaki
20 Kenny Roberts, Suzuki,
21 Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki,
22 Akira Yanagawa, Kawasaki
23 Makoto Tamada, Honda,
24 Chris Burns, WCM,
25 Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, 1m 48.023 +4.3 ********
26 Colin Edwards, Aprilia,
27 Shinichi Itoh, Honda,

QUOTE CAPIROSSI (1st): " .... I’m so happy, I really wanted that, so I rode 110 %! ... My fastest lap was hot – I went into a few corners a bit too fast but the bike still turned, no problem ... "

QUOTE BARROS (2nd): " ... I am very happy, overall, with our performance this weekend. Sure it would have been great to set the fastest lap of the day, but there are no prizes for that - except the car of course - and we were here to test as many things as possible. We achieved that, completed all that was planned in our schedule while consistently being one of the quickest, and that made it a good test for me. We still need to improve, you always do, and the one thing we need to work on now is top speed, especially when you consider how quick those Ducatis are in a straight line .... "

DAY 1 TEST RESULT, MAR 15, 2003: (******** quickest)

1 Alex Barros, Yamaha, 1m 44.112s (vs 2002 pole 1m 44.523, Biaggi/Yamaha) ********
2 Loris Capirossi, Ducati, 1m 44.370 +0.258 ********
3 Sete Gibernau, Honda, 1m 44.793 +0.681 ********
4 Valentino Rossi, Honda, 1m 45.167 +1.05
5 Shinya Nakano, Yamaha, 1m 45.328 +1.216
6 Daijiro Kato, Honda, 1m 45.476 +1.364
7 Tohru Ukawa, Honda, 1m 45.581 +1.469
8 Marco Melandri, Yamaha, 1m 45.684 +1.572
9 Carlos Checa, Yamaha, 1m 45.733
10 John Hopkins, Suzuki, 1m 45.826 ********
11 Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, 1m 45.956
12 Makoto Tamada, Honda, 1m 46.295
13 Colin Edwards, Aprilia, 1m 46.296 ********
14 Max Biaggi, Honda, 1m 46.382
15 Alex Hofmann, Kawasaki, 1m 46.462 ********
16 Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki, 1m 46.590
17 Shinichi Itoh, Honda, 1m 46.761
18 Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton, 1m 46.764 ********
19 Olivier Jacque, Yamaha, 1m 46.783
20 Norick Abe, Yamaha, 1m 46.835
21 Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, 1m 46.866
22 Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 1m 46.880
23 Jeremy McWilliams, Proton, 1m 46.898
24 Nicky Hayden, Honda, 1m 46.913
25 Garry McCoy, Kawasaki, 1m 47.009
26 Akira Yanagawa, Kawasaki, 1m 47.444
27 Chris Burns, WCM, 1m 48.947

IRTA TEST at ESTORIL, PORTUGAL (FEB 26-) - YAMAHA QUICKEST
MotoGP:
1 Carlos Checa, SPA, YAM, 1m 42.12s (vs 2002 pole 1m 39.793 Checa, Yamaha)
2 Noriyuki Haga, JPN, APR 1m 42.82 +0.7s
3 Colin Edwards, US, APR, 1m 43.17+1.05s
4 Capirossi, ITA, DUC 1m 43.74 +1.62
5 Melandri, ITA, YAM +1.77
6 Nakano, JPN, YAM +2.11
7 Hoffman, GER, KAW
8 Yanagawa, JPN, KAW
9 Pitt, AUS, KAW
10 Abe, JPN, YAM
250cc:
1 De Puniet, APR, 1m 43.63
2 Elias, APR; 3 Rolfo, HON; 4 Nieto, APR; 5 West, Apr; 6 Guintoli, APR
125cc:
1 Ui, APR, 1m 46.2s; 2 Pedrosa, HON; 3 Stoner, APR; 4 Cechinello, APR; 5 Giansanti, APR; Lorenxo, DER

IRTA TEST at JEREZ SPAIN (FEB 21-23) - YAMAHA QUICKEST

1 Alex Barros, BRA, YAM,1m 42.588s (vs 2002 pole 1m 42.192, Rossi, Honda)
2 Carlos Checa, SPA, YAM, +0.68s
3 Colin Edwards, US, APR, +1.1
4 Shinya Nakano, JPN, YAM, +1.2
5 Marco Melandri, ITA, YAM, +1.22
6 Loris Capirossi, ITA, DUC, +1.35
7 Troy Bayliss, AUS, DUC, +1.53
8 Noriyuki Haga, JPN, APR, +1.65
9 Kenny Roberts, US, SUZ, +1.9
10 John Hopkins, US, SUZ, +2

QUOTE BARROS, YAMAHA: " ... We had a good day today and managed to post some good lap times. Early on we concentrated on the carburettor bike and then switched over to the injected machine, progressively bringing its set up in line with the other bike. Then right at the end I had a little crash and we decided to call it a day ... Looking at the lap times you can see that they were virtually identical for the two machines. The main difference is that the injection makes the engine more linear and a little easier to ride ... "

QUOTE CAPIROSSI, DUCATI: " ... Today we have tried many different set-up solutions, working on the global geometry of the bike, and tomorrow we will continue with this fine tuning. The stopwatch doesn't concern me at the moment ...."

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