Rossi primo, Biaggi secondo nelle libere del giovedi ad Assen

Questi i tempi delle prove libere di Assen della classe 500:

1. 46 HONDA Valentino ROSSI ITA 2’02.575 16 21 Nastro Azzurro Honda

2. 3 YAMAHA Max BIAGGI ITA 2’03.112 20 22 0.537 0.537 Marlboro Yamaha Team

3. 7 YAMAHA Carlos CHECA SPA 2’03.116 19 20 0.541 0.004 Marlboro Yamaha Team

4. 4 HONDA Alex BARROS BRA 2’03.302 20 20 0.727 0.186 West Honda Pons

5. 65 HONDA Loris CAPIROSSI ITA 2’03.302 22 23 0.727 West Honda Pons

6. 1 SUZUKI Kenny ROBERTS USA 2’03.454 18 21 0.879 0.152 Telefonica Movistar Suzuki

7. 56 YAMAHA Shinya NAKANO JPN 2’03.530 21 22 0.955 0.076 Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

8. 6 YAMAHA Norick ABE JPN 2’03.637 18 21 1.062 0.107 Antena 3 Yamaha-d’Antin

9. 28 HONDA Alex CRIVILLE SPA 2’03.756 22 22 1.181 0.119 Repsol YPF Honda Team

10. 17 PROTON KR Jurgen vd GOORBERGH NED 2’04.026 21 22 1.451 0.270 Proton TEAM KR

11. 15 SUZUKI Sete GIBERNAU SPA 2’04.073 20 20 1.498 0.047 Telefonica Movistar Suzuki

12. 19 YAMAHA Olivier JACQUE FRA 2’04.187 20 20 1.612 0.114 Galuloises Yamaha Tech 3

13. 41 YAMAHA Noriyuki HAGA JPN 2’04.519 15 19 1.944 0.332 Red Bull Yamaha WCM

14. 11 HONDA Tohru UKAWA JPN 2’04.928 19 21 2.353 0.409 Repsol YPF Honda Team

15. 5 YAMAHA Garry McCOY AUS 2’05.277 16 18 2.702 0.349 Red Bull Yamaha WCM

16. 8 HONDA Chris WALKER GBR 2’05.715 19 20 3.140 0.438 Shell Advance Honda

17. 14 HONDA Anthony WEST AUS 2’06.185 15 19 3.610 0.470 Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

18. 10 YAMAHA Jose Luis CARDOSO SPA 2’06.772 21 21 4.197 0.587 Antena 3 Yamaha-d’Antin

19. 9 HONDA Leon HASLAM GBR 2’07.342 17 18 4.767 0.570 Shell Advance Honda

20. 12 HONDA Haruchika AOKI JPN 2’07.344 18 24 4.769 0.002 Arie Molenaar Racing

21. 21 HONDA Barry VENEMAN NED 2’08.712 18 18 6.137 1.368 Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

22. 24 PULSE Jason VINCENT GBR 2 2’08.864 16 20 6.289 0.152 Pulse GP

23. 16 SABRE V4 Johan STIGEFELT SWE 2’08.988 13 13 6.413 0.124 Sabre Sport

24. 68 PULSE Mark WILLIS AUS 2’09.858 14 16 7.283 0.870 Pulse GP