MotoGP – Warm Up Laguna Seca – Hayden always protagonist

Best time in free Practice 2, best time in free Practice 3, pole and best time in warm up. Nicky Hayden seems to no longer want to stop, the American from Kentucky has in fact stopped the clock at a time of 1'23"402 and preceded Honda's Brazilian Alex Barros by 180 thousandths. At this point only the most important thing is missing, the race!! It won't be easy but Hayden will do his best not to disappoint his brothers and his fans.

Returning to the warm up, the third time was set by Max Biaggi, the Roman rider who after qualifying was not up to par due to a set-up choice which later turned out to be the wrong one, precedes the Americans John Hopkins (Suzuki) and Colin Edwards (Yamaha).

Sixth time for Carlos Checa, the Ducati rider is followed by Rossi, Melandri, Gibernau and teammate Capirossi. Eleventh time for Troy Bayliss, the Australian precedes Nakano's Kasasaki, Kenny Roberts Jr's Suzuki, Tamada's Honda, Hofmann's Kawasaki, the Yamahas of Elias and Xaus and Roberto Rolfo on the 2004 version Ducati Desmosedici with Dunlop tyres. Ellisom (WCM), Byrne (KTM) and Franco Battaini from Brescia on WCM close the field.

These are the warm up times
01 – Nicky Hayden – Honda RCV211 – 1:23.402

02 – Alex Barros – Honda RCV211 – 1:23.582

03 – Max Biaggi – Honda RCV211 – 1:23.859

04 – John Hopkins – Suzuki GSV-R – 1:23.956

05 – Colin Edwards – Yamaha M1 – 1:24.176

06 – Carlos Checa – Ducati Desmosedici – 1:24.310

07 – Valentino Rossi – Yamaha M1 – 1:24.324

08 – Marco Melandri – Honda RCV211 – 1:24.340

09 – Sete Gibernau – Honda RCV211 – 1:24.383
10 – Loris Capirossi – Ducati Desmosedici – 1:24.512
11 – Troy Bayliss – Honda RCV211 – 1:24.593
12 – Shinya Nakano – Kawasaki – 1:24.598
13 – Kenny Roberts Jnr. – Suzuki GSV-R – 1:24.827
14 – Makoto Tamada – Honda RCV211 – 1:24.890
15 – Alex Hofmann – Kawasaki – 1:25.079