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2005
MotoGP World Championship, Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya Round
6 of 17
Rossi
Extends Championship Lead at Cataluna MotoGP
Catalunya Spain, June 10-12th - Gauloises Yamaha
Team rider Valentino Rossi re-ignited his love affair with the
Spanish public today as he stormed to a fifth win from the opening
six rounds of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship in front of a
record crowd of 105,698 at the Catalunya Grand Prix. After losing
places in a combative opening to the race, the reigning World
Champion stormed through the field to go head to head with home
favourite and pole setter Sete Gibernau (Honda) in another nail-biting
finish. Just as he had done with Max Biaggi at Mugello last weekend
and Gibernau himself two weeks previously at Le Mans, Rossi timed
his victory charge to perfection, passing the Spaniard with three
laps remaining and setting a stunning time of 1’43.195,
almost 1.5 seconds inside the previous circuit record, to open
up a decisive advantage over the final two laps.
Whilst Marco
Melandri won a dramatic battle to the line for the final podium
finish ahead of Alex Barros and Nicky Hayden (all Honda), Rossi’s
Gauloises Yamaha team-mate Colin Edwards could only manage seventh
place behind Biaggi (Honda). Despite showing podium pace through
the weekend practice sessions, the American took a gamble with
his tyre choice that backfired in the race as he struggled for
rear grip at the demanding Spanish circuit. Despite today’s
result Edwards remains sixth in the MotoGP World Championship,
which is now led by Rossi with an advantage of 58 points over
Melandri.
VALENTINO
ROSSI (1st – 43’16.487)
“The first lap was a hard fight with a lot of riders coming
crazy, everybody wanted to be at the front and it was so much
fun. Gibernau set a fast pace and I tried 100% to follow him.
I had some problems on the right side of the tyre early in the
race but Sete started to slide too. At the end it was difficult
but the bike was so good into the corners and great fun to ride.
To do the fastest lap three laps from the end at a track like
this is amazing - my last lap was around two seconds faster than
the last lap last year and it shows the fantastic job Michelin
have done with tyre endurance. I was a little worried before this
weekend about the reaction from the crowd but I was so happy with
the reception I got. It shows that motorcycle fans are the best
kind and especially here in Spain, where it is always a pleasure
to ride. The advantage in the championship is allowing the team
to work in a relaxed way and we are having a lot of fun, which
is an extra motivation in itself.”
Melandri
Quickest in Friday Practice
Marco Melandri
continued his impressive start to the season with the fastest
lap on the first day of action at the Gran Premi Gauloises de
Catalunya today. Melandri posted a string of hot times at the
end of this afternoon’s second free practice session to
leave a benchmark of 1’43.651, just out of the reach of
his resurgent Honda colleague Makoto Tamada, who looks to have
put his early season injury woes firmly behind him. After a disappointing
showing in the last round at Mugello, Colin Edwards bounced back
to form with the third fastest time overall today, having set
the pace in the morning free practice ahead of his Yamaha team-mate
Valentino Rossi.
“We started off with the base setting we found here in the
winter tests and I felt comfortable straight away,” said
Melandri, who lies second to Rossi in the championship standings
and took third place in this race last season. “We made
some adjustments in the afternoon and tried some new tyres from
Michelin, which gave me a lot of grip at maximum lean. Tomorrow
I want to try and improve my performance in the last section because
I think I can make more time up there. In any case, I’m
not getting too excited – there is a long way to go this
weekend.”
Rossi was one of several riders unable to improve their times
from the opening session in rising temperatures this afternoon
and the reigning World Champion dropped to fifth fastest overall
behind Nicky Hayden. Alex Barros, John Hopkins and Sete Gibernau
were also unable to improve, giving Loris Capirossi the opportunity
to boost his overnight position to sixth ahead of the trio.
Max Biaggi did improve in the afternoon but was only able to make
it as high as tenth fastest, just five days after taking a close
second place to Rossi in his home race at Mugello. Shinya Nakano
and Troy Bayliss complete the theoretical fourth row in eleventh
and twelfth place respectively, although grid positions will not
be decided until tomorrow afternoon’s single qualifying
session.
Toni Elías will not be competing, however, after a brief
but unsuccessful return to action just 25 days after breaking
his wrist and fracturing his leg in a testing crash at Le Mans.
The Spaniard was only able to complete 14 laps today, with just
four of those coming in the afternoon session before he returned
to his Yamaha pit box in severe pain, and he will be replaced
for the rest of the weekend by David Checa, who already deputised
for Elías at Mugello.
Saturday
Qualifying has Gibernau starting from pole in front of record
home crowd
Sete Gibernau raised the hopes of a home victory for over 100,000
fans at the Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya with a new pole
record at the Montmeló circuit on Saturday. With a record
crowd expected to descend on the circuit tomorrow, Gibernau provided
the perfect appetiser with a dominant end to this afternoon’s
qualifying session, setting a string of fast laps including a
best time of 1’42.337 to remain just out of reach of his
hungry team-mate Marco Melandri, who lapped just 0.053 seconds
slower than the Spaniard.
“I’m still not totally happy even though I’m
on pole position because we’re still not as competitive
as I would like to be,” explained Gibernau, who also started
from pole position here last season. “Basically the bike
doesn’t seem to work as well when the temperatures rise
and it is a problem we also found at Mugello. In any case it is
obviously nice to be on pole position for my home race and I want
to thank all my team and Michelin for their help. Tomorrow will
be a long race but I’m ready.”
Valentino Rossi completed the front row of the grid in third place
after encountering tyre problems midway through the session and
then later admitting that he “didn’t ride at 100%”
on his decisive qualifying lap. Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate
Colin Edwards also encountered problems as he ran into a group
of slower riders during his own assault on the grid positions,
dropping from a potential front row start all the way down to
seventh place in a typically unpredictable finale.
Max Biaggi ran out of time as he rushed to make a final tyre change
at the end of the session, returning to the track as the chequered
flag was being prepared and then running into the gravel as he
pushed to make it to the line in time for a final flying lap.
However, the Italian will be satisfied to have dropped no lower
than fourth place on the grid as he continues his resurgent form
following a disappointing start to the season.
Biaggi’s Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden and Ducati rider Loris
Capirossi, who took the factory’s only MotoGP win at this
circuit two years ago, also made the second row as they took advantage
of Edwards’ misfortune to move up to fifth and sixth place
respectively. Carlos Checa and Alex Barros join Edwards on the
third row in eighth and ninth, with the fourth row consisting
of the hard-charging trio of Makoto Tamada, John Hopkins and Shinya
Nakano. David Checa, who today stepped in for injured Yamaha rider
Toni Elías, qualified 18th fastest.
 Once
again Rossi (46) waited until the 3rd lap from the end of the
race to pass leader Giberneau (15), then pulled out the stops
to shatterGiberneau's exhisting track
lap record by some 1.5 seconds on worn tires!
Race
Day and Rossi takes fifth win from six at Catalunya
Valentino Rossi continued his incredible start to the 2005 MotoGP
World Championship with his fifth victory from six rounds at the
Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya on Sunday. In front of a record
crowd of 105,698 fans at the Montmeló track on the outskirts
of Barcelona, home favourite Sete Gibernau could do nothing to
prevent a breathtaking charge to the line from the World Champion,
who smashed the circuit record by almost 1.5 seconds with just
three laps remaining to open up an insurmountable advantage as
the chequered flag was prepared.
“To do the fastest lap three laps from the end at a track
like this is amazing - it was around two seconds faster than the
last lap last year and it shows the fantastic job Michelin have
done with tyre endurance,” explained Rossi, who was racing
in front of a Spanish crowd for the first time since a controversial
last-corner pass on Gibernau in the opening round of the season
at Jerez.
“I was a little worried before this weekend about the reaction
from the crowd but I was so happy with the reception I got. It
shows that motorcycle fans are the best kind and especially here
in Spain, where it is always a pleasure to ride. The advantage
in the championship is allowing the team to work in a relaxed
way and we are having a lot of fun, which is an extra motivation
in itself.”
Marco Melandri remains second in the championship standings, 58
points behind Rossi, after clinching the final place on the podium
for the second successive season at this track. The Italian youngster
led the race in the combative early stages and was involved in
a thrilling battle on the final few laps as he held off the attentions
of Honda colleagues Alex Barros and Nicky Hayden, who were forced
to settle for fourth and fifth place respectively.
Max Biaggi did his best to get involved in the podium struggle
but was some way adrift of Hayden in sixth place as he failed
to follow up a strong showing in his home Grand Prix at Mugello
last weekend, when he finished second. Biaggi remains third in
the World Championship, four points clear of Gibernau and ten
behind Melandri.
Colin Edwards rode a lonely race to seventh place after struggling
with tyre problems in the latter stages of the race, although
by that time he had escaped an intense struggle for positions
in the middle of the pack involving Troy Bayliss, Shinya Nakano
and Rubén Xaus. Ducati pair Carlos Checa and Loris Capirossi
had also formed part of the skirmish but dropped away drastically
in the second half of the race, when they also encountered tyre
troubles in rising temperatures at the notoriously demanding Spanish
circuit.
David Checa produced a stirring ride to finish in thirteenth place,
just 3.5 seconds behind his brother Carlos in only his second
MotoGP appearance. Checa’s performance was made all the
more remarkable by the fact he missed the first day of practice
as he waited on standby for Toni Elías, who attempted to
ride through the pain of a broken wrist before eventually stepping
aside on Friday evening. The final point-scoring positions were
taken by Roby Rolfo and Kenny Roberts.
FULL
RESULTS
MotoGP
Race Classification: (25 laps = 118.175 km)
Pos/ Rider / Nat / Team / Motorcycle / Time/ KM/H
1 / Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Gauloises Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 43'16.487
/ 163.848
2 / Sete GIBERNAU / SPA / Movistar Honda MotoGP / HONDA / 43'17.581
/ 163.779
3 / Marco MELANDRI / ITA / Movistar Honda MotoGP / HONDA / 43'24.297
/ 163.356
4 / Alex BARROS / BRA / Camel Honda / HONDA / 43'24.691 / 163.332
5 / Nicky HAYDEN / USA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 43'24.760
/ 163.327
6 / Max BIAGGI / ITA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 43'28.538 /
163.091
7 / Colin EDWARDS / USA / Gauloises Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 43'35.249
/ 162.672
8 / Troy BAYLISS / AUS / Camel Honda / HONDA / 43'59.118 / 161.201
9 / Shinya NAKANO / JPN / Kawasaki Racing Team / KAWASAKI / 44'03.125
/ 160.957
10 / Ruben XAUS / SPA / Fortuna Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 44'03.179
/ 160.953
11 / Carlos CHECA / SPA / Ducati Marlboro Team / DUCATI / 44'16.844
/ 160.126
12 / Loris CAPIROSSI / ITA / Ducati Marlboro Team / DUCATI / 44'20.351
/ 159.914
13 / David CHECA / SPA / Fortuna Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 44'20.472
/ 159.907
14 / Roberto ROLFO / ITA / Team D’Antin Pramac / DUCATI
/ 44'26.745 / 159.531
15 / Kenny ROBERTS / USA / Team Suzuki MotoGP / SUZUKI / 44'40.218
/ 158.729
Fastest Lap (Unofficial new record): Valentino ROSSI 1'43.195
164.903 Km/h Lap 23
Lap Record: Sete GIBERNAU 1'44.641 162.624 Km/h 2004
World
Championship Positions:
1 ROSSI 145, 2 MELANDRI 87, 3 BIAGGI 77, 4 GIBERNAU 73, 5 BARROS
65,
6 EDWARDS 57, 7 HAYDEN 47, 8 CAPIROSSI 43, 9 NAKANO 40, 10 CHECA
33,
11 BAYLISS 32, 12 JACQUE 25, 13 XAUS 24, 14 HOPKINS 16, 15 TAMADA
16.
Despite Gibernau’s
disappointment in the MotoGP race there was plenty for the local
crowd to celebrate in the 250cc class as Dani Pedrosa took his
third straight victory by a comfortable margin of 5.637 seconds
over Casey Stoner. Pedrosa was forced to battle his way through
the pack in an explosive start to the race after stalling his
bike on the line, his cause aided by crashes to front-runners
Jorge Lorenzo, who broke his collarbone, and Alex de Angelis and
a mechanical problem for Héctor Barberá. Stoner
now moves up to second in the championship ahead of Andrea Dovizioso,
who clinched a brave third place today after missing yesterday’s
final qualifying practice due to injuries sustained in a high-speed
morning crash.
Mattia Pasini became the first rider to take two victories in
the 125cc class this season with a dominant display in the day’s
opening race, winning by a 9.034 second advantage over Marco Simoncelli
and moving to the top of the championship by a single point ahead
of Thomas Lüthi, who finished seventh. Mika Kallio completed
the podium today and is now third in the rider standings, a further
point behind Lüthi.
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