News of October 10, 2003

Here is the comment from Max Biaggi, third in QP1: Max Biaggi: "I'm lacking traction here, I hope to find it tomorrow

Honda: "Rossi wants to change" "We did everything possible to keep him" Valentino Rossi's farewell to Honda seems ever closer.

Loris Capirossi concluded this first test session in fourth place, 0.645 seconds from pole, a time obtained with

Troy Bayliss, who is preparing for his racing debut on this circuit, had finished the morning's free practice in fifteenth

PROVISIONAL FRONT ROW FOR THE DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM IN SEPANG The Ducati Marlboro Team rider Loris Capirossi started

POSITIVE START A lot of work and interesting data to analyze for Team Alice Aprilia on the first day of testing

Pos. No. Rider Motorcycle Detachment Time 01 24 T.ELIAS Aprilia 2'08″263 02 54 M.POGGIALI Aprilia 2'09″188 + 0'00″925 03 7

Spaniard Toni Elias (2'08"263) takes the provisional pole for the 250 class Malaysian GP. The Aprilia Telefonica Movistar rider

Pos. No. Rider Motorcycle Time Gap 01 46 V.ROSSI Honda 2'03″516 02 6 M.TAMADA Honda 2'03″730 + 0'00″214 03 3

Provisional pole position and new track record for V. Rossi in the Malaysian GP MotoGP class. Valentino stopped

P. No. Motorcycle Rider Time Detachment 01 3 D.PEDROSA Honda 2'14″991 02 6 M.GIANSANTI Aprilia 2'15″065 + 0'00″074 03 8

Provisional pole position for the Spaniard Daniel Pedrosa in the Malaysian GP taking place in Sepang; the pilot of the

Pos. No. Rider Motorcycle Detachment Time 01 24 T.ELIAS Aprilia 2'09″739 02 7 R.DE PUNIET Aprilia 2'09″934 + 0'00″195 03

Pos. No. Rider Motorcycle Time Gap 01 15 S.GIBERNAU Honda 2'05″070 02 46 V.ROSSI Honda 2'05″670 + 0'00″600 03 7

Rossi: "I like this circuit" "It's fast and allows me to race" Valentino Rossi demonstrated his strength