Rio 250 cc, first round to Randy De Puniet

The provisional pole of the 250 class of the GP goes to the Frenchman Randy De Puniet
Rio in Brazil. The Team Safilo Carrera driver set the time
of 1'52"929, with Manuel from San Marino 52 thousandths behind him
Put them down. Third time for the Argentine Sebastian Porto, the Argentine scored
1'53"076 and precedes Honda Spaniard Daniel Pedrosa by 151 thousandths.
The Spanish rider opens the provisional second row with Toni Elias on Honda Fortuna
he is followed by Guintoli, Battaini and the Turin R. Rolfo. Tenth time for
Alex De Angelis from San Marino while Alex Baldolini on Aprilia Kit is 15th
time.

These are the times:
01 7 R.De Puniet Aprilia 1'52.929
02 54 M.Poggiali Aprilia 1'52.981 0.052
03 19 S.Porto Aprilia 1'53.076 0.147
04 26 D.Pedrosa Honda 1'53.227 0.298
05 24 T. Elias Honda 1'53.313 0.384
06 50 S.Guintoli Aprilia 1'53.602 0.673
07 21 F.Battaini Aprilia 1'53.732 0.803
08 2 R. Rolfo Honda 1'53.776 0.847
09 10 F.Nieto Aprilia 1'53.971 1.042
10 51 A.De Angelis Aprilia 1'54.091 1.162
11 6 A.Debon Honda 1'54.392 1.463
12 14 A.West Aprilia 1'54.665 1.736
13 8 N.Matsudo Yamaha 1'54.666 1.737
14 73 H.Aoyama Honda 1'54.782 1.853
15 25 A.Baldolini Aprilia 1'54.791 1.862
16 34 E.Bataille Honda 1'55.162 2.233
17 9 H.Marchand Aprilia 1'55.215 2.286
18 57 C.Davies Aprilia 1'55.345 2.416
19 12 A.Vincent Aprilia 1'55.358 2.429
20 96 J.Smrz Honda 1'55.437 2.508
21 17 K.Nöhles Honda 1'55.842 2.913
22 33 H.Faubel Aprilia 1'56.375 3.446
23 16 J.Stigefelt Aprilia 1'56.451 3.522
24 36 E.Nigon Yamaha 1'56.821 3.892
25 77 G.Lefort Aprilia 1'56.839 3.910
26 28 D.Heidolf Aprilia 1'57.007 4.078
27 44 T.Sekiguchi Yamaha 1'58.866 5.937