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JUNE
13, 2004
RACE,
JUNE 13, 2004
25
lap duel between Rossi and Gibernau. They exchanged leads several
times.
Gibernau still leads the championship but Rossi has closed the gap
to 5 points.
Melandri finished 3rd, making 2 Yamaha bikes on podium. This is Melandri's
first podium in MotoGP.
ROSSI
(YAMAHA) 1ST: "... I’m really, really happy to have won,
first in Mugello and now here; they’re both very important races
for me. We’ve done a lot of fast work this weekend and my team
and Michelin have worked so hard to improve the bike; we’ve
literally been working every second we’ve had. After warm-up
today we made another change to the bike, which paid off. It was a
really hard race at the top level, and we went at a very hard pace.
Sete and I were more than ten seconds ahead of the others. At one
point Sete was able to get away but then he started to spin and slide
so I was able to get in front again. To have won three races at this
stage of the Championship is fantastic. I’m really happy to
see the other M1s up front as well. Today was less dramatic but more
tactical than Mugello, but still a great race.”
GIBERNAU
(HONDA) 2ND: "... I said that tyre wear would be the
big factor ... we knew that the Yamaha had better traction so I used
a slightly harder tyre. Yamaha has done a good job here – no
other Hondas were close to me. There’s only one winner here
and that’s Vale so congratulations to him.”
MELANDRI
(YAMAHA) 3RD: "... This is a great day. I’ve waited
a year and a half for this. And after I thought I’d get a podium
at Jerez this year, this is a very good feeling. Thanks to the team,
to Yamaha, to Michelin – we’ve done it here! After five
laps everything felt okay and I didn’t push too hard once I
saw I had the advantage over Biaggi. I just raced smart, stayed focussed
and that’s why I’m on the podium.”
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FINAL
RACE RESULT
- 1
Valentino Rossi, Yamaha M1, 25 laps
- 2
Sete Gibernau, Honda RC211V
- 3
Marco Melandri, Yamaha M1
- 4 Checa, Yamaha
- 5 Edwards, Honda
- 6 Xaus, Ducati
- 7 Nakano, Yamaha
- 8 Biaggi, Honda
- 9 Abe, Yamaha
- 10 Capirossi, Ducati
- 11 Hofmann 12 Hodgson
13 Byrne 14 Pitt 15 Aoki 16 Fabrizio 17 Roberts 18 Burns
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DNF:
- Barros (crash),
Tamada, Hopkins, Hayden, Bayliss (heavy crash)
- MONTMELLO CIRCUIT,
Catalunya, SPAIN
- 4.727 km / 2.937
mile
- located near
Barcelona
- fast track; av
speed over 100 mph; top speed over 200 mph
- long main straight
1.4 km long
- 25 lap race
- 2003 winner:
Capirossi, Ducati
- 2002 winner:
Valentino Rossi, Honda
- 2001 winner:
Valentino Rossi, Honda
- 2000 winner:
Roberts Jr./Suzuki
FRI,
QUALIFYING, JUNE 11, 2004
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1
Sete Gibernau, Honda RC211V 1m 42.9 (vs 2003 pole Rossi,
Honda, 1:
43.927s)
2
Biaggi, Honda 1m 43.5
3 
Tamada, Honda 1m 43.7
4 Rossi
5 Hayden
6 Checa 7 Barros 8 Nakano 9 Melandri 10 Bayliss 11 Capirossi
12 Roberts 13 Hopkins 14 Edwards 15 Hofmann 16 Abe 17 Xaus 18
Byrne 19 Hodgson 20 Lavilla
- SITO
PONS (Camel Honda): “.... To have both our bikes
(Gibernau, Biaggi) on the front row in Catalunya is a great result
for the team. We’ve got some good rhythm up for the race,
and our Honda machines are very quick here. We also know that
we can improve and we are working to refine all the little details
so that we’re ready for Sunday. It’s an important
race; we’re at home and there’s an exceptional crowd
waiting for us, and in front of our fans, we want to be the stars
of the show.”
FRI,
PRACTICE, JUNE 11, 2004
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1
Sete Gibernau, Honda RC211V 1m 54.8
2
Valentino Rossi, Yamaha 1m 44.1
3
Biaggi, Honda
4 Edwards, Honda
5 Hayden, Honda
6 Bayliss, Ducati
7 Checa 8 Roberts 9 Melandri 10 Barros 11 Capirossi 12 Hopkins 13
Xaus 14 Nakano 15 Tamada 16 McWilliams 17 Abe 18 Kurtis Roberts
19 Hofmann 20 Byrne 21 Hodgson 22 Pitt 23 Aoki 24 Lavilla 25 Fabrizio
26 Burns
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2004:
Rossi, Yamaha
2003: Capirossi, Ducati
2002: Rossi, Honda
2001: Rossi, Honda
2000: Roberts Jr./Suzuki
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Nicky Hayden, Honda 1m 43.1
Gibernau 106 points
Rossi 101
Capirossi 34