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de Puniet fastest on day one |
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Posted by Staff
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
Randy de Puniet opened proceedings for the Polini Malaysian
Motorcycle Grand Prix as the fastest MotoGP rider of the day, clocking a time of
2’02.917 onboard the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR800 in the afternoon session in
Sepang.
The Frenchman stayed in his garage for the early part of the
second free practice outing, alongside many other MotoGP stars holding out for a
drier track and the ceasing of a light shower. As happened yesterday, an early
afternoon downpour left the track wet after some early humidity, something which
could make qualifying for the penultimate race of the 2007 season very eventful
indeed.
New MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner was inevitably amongst the
early frontrunners, just 11 thousandths of a second slower than De Puniet’s
marker. The Australian was the fastest rider in the first free practice session,
although all riders improved upon their times on their second opportunity to
adjust to the track.
Marco Melandri, Dani Pedrosa, Anthony West and Toni
Elias complete the top six, separated by just over a second in the early going.
Practice sessions perhaps took extra importance today, with last year’s grid
organised by combined times after a torrential downpour on the Saturday
afternoon.
Sylvain Guintoli was seventh fastest onboard the Dunlop-shod
Tech 3 Yamaha, trailed by the Suzuki duo of Chris Vermeulen and John Hopkins.
The third Suzuki bike, the base model for the 2008 GSV-R800, was ridden for the
first time alongside the entire MotoGP field by test rider Nobuatsu Aoki, and
the Japanese wild card was less than a second off Vermeulen’s time in 15th. 2006
MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden rounds off the top ten on day one.
from infoMotoGP
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