MotoGP – IRTA Jerez Test Day 2 – Fight of thousandths between Melandri and Rossi

The splendid Italian day in motorcycling, after Max Biaggi's success in Race 1 of the Superbike World Championship in Losail, also continued in Jerez, where the second day of the IRTA MotoGP Tests was held. With a finally favorable climate, our riders stood out positively, with Marco Melandri who, a few moments before the checkered flag, achieved the best performance of 1'40"383, ahead of Valentino Rossi by 25 thousandths, who had been leader in Andalusia until then . While waiting for the "qualifying" session scheduled for tomorrow at 14 pm (live on Italia 00), today the teams dedicated themselves to race simulations and lap attempts from... pole position, with the result of finding the Italians in the lead ahead of Daniel Pedrosa, with the surprising Alex Hofmann fourth and best of the Ducatis.
Subpar performances for Hayden (11th) and Capirossi (14th), in difficulty on this sunny day in Jerez. Two more rounds of testing tomorrow, with 40 minutes in between which will be worth a nice BMW to take home for whoever gets the best time. Capirossi, Rossi, Gibernau and Edwards, a different winner in the 4 previous editions: will it be the same this year?

Updates will follow, with the complete report of this day of testing

MotoGP Test IRTA Jerez – Saturday 24 February 2007 – Times of Day 2

01- Marco Melandri – Honda RC212V – 1'40.383
02- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha YZR M1 800c – + 0.025
03- Daniel Pedrosa – Honda RC212V – +0.198
04- Alex Hofmann – Ducati Desmosedici GP7 – + 0.365
05- Toni Elias – Honda RC212V – + 0.569
06- Casey Stoner – Honda RC212V – +0.688
07- Carlos Checa – Honda RC212V – + 0.713
08- Randy De Puniet – Kawasaki ZX-RR 800cc – + 0.768
09- Colin Edwards – Yamaha YZR M1 800cc – +0.821
10- Makoto Tamada – Yamaha YZR M1 800cc – + 0.851
11- Nicky Hayden – Honda RC212V – +0.876
12- Shinya Nakano – Honda RC212V – + 0.886
13- Chris Vermeulen – Suzuki GSV-R 800cc – + 0.980
14- Loris Capirossi – Ducati Desmosedici GP7 – + 1.207
15- Olivier Jacque – Kawasaki ZX-RR 800cc – + 1.394
16- Kenny Roberts Jr – KR Honda KR212V – + 1.400
17- Alex Barros – Ducati Desmosedici GP7 – + 1.462
18- Sylvain Guintoli – Yamaha YZR M1 800cc – + 1.981
19- Shinichi Itoh – Ducati Desmosedici GP7 – + 2.826
20- Kousuke Akiyoshi – Suzuki GSV-R 800cc – + 3.227
21- Vittoriano Guareschi – Ducati Desmosedici GP7 – + 3.760
22- Jeremy McWilliams – Ilmor X3 – + 4.075
23- Andrew Pitt – Ilmorx X3 – + 4.206