Z4M won at Jerez practice session

[Lee_]

Valentino won pole at the first practice session of the 07 season, bagging a Z4m coupe as his prize. Interestingly the prize given away at the end of the year was there too (although under a cover) which was the new M3.

46 YAMAHA Valentino ROSSI ITA 270.2 1 1'39.363 28 28 Yamaha Factory Racing Team

5 YAMAHA Colin EDWARDS USA 270.6 2 1'39.799 33 33 0.436 0.436 Yamaha Factory Racing Team

27 DUCATI Casey STONER AUS 277.6 3 1'40.011 19 20 0.648 0.212 Ducati Marlboro Team

65 DUCATI Loris CAPIROSSI ITA 274.3 4 1'40.125 18 18 0.762 0.114 Ducati Marlboro Team

1 HONDA Nicky HAYDEN USA 271.6 5 1'40.315 29 29 0.952 0.190 Repsol Honda Team

71 SUZUKI Chris VERMEULEN AUS 269.0 6 1'40.615 25 25 1.252 0.300 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

56 HONDA Shinya NAKANO JPN 270.9 7 1'40.723 22 23 1.360 0.108 Konica Minolta Honda

26 HONDA Dani PEDROSA SPA 273.5 8 1'41.001 10 31 1.638 0.278 Repsol Honda Team

7 HONDA Carlos CHECA SPA 268.1 9 1'41.290 29 33 1.927 0.289 Honda LCR

33 HONDA Marco MELANDRI ITA 268.7 10 1'41.520 9 29 2.157 0.230 Honda Gresini

Roll on a season of good racing, can't wait.

[jimdiesel]

These were the actual shoot out times for the BMW. Rossi was 0.4 sec quicker than pole at Jerez last year on an 800 as opposed to 990cc bike.

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Factory Yamaha Team (M) 1min 38.394 secs

2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 38.527 secs

3. Colin Edwards USA Factory Yamaha Team (M) 1min 39.300 secs

4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 39.556 secs

5. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 39.832 secs

6. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 39.873 secs

7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 39.887 secs

8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 40.043 secs

9. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 1min 40.083 secs

10. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 1min 40.100 secs

11. Toni Elias SPA Gresini Honda (B) 1min 40.202 secs

12. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 1min 40.242 secs

13. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 40.307 secs

14. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda (B) 1min 40.396 secs

15. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 40.551 secs

16. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1min 40.681 secs

17. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1min 41.038 secs

18. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 41.805 secs

19. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 42.215 secs

20. Vittoriano Guareschi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 43.008 secs

21. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP (M) 1min 43.026 secs

22. Shinichi Ito JPN Ducati TTT (B) 1min 43.073 secs

23. Jeremy McWilliams GBR Ilmor GP (M) 1min 43.202 secs

The prize for the overall fastest qualifier is indeed a new E92 M3 , however the car under the cover was a regular 3 series coupe.

[Avus_Bub]

Only caught this tonight.

The corner speed of these things is quite breathtaking!!!!

Here's to a great 2007 in Moto GP and WSBK

BUB