Motogp race
14:47 But what a ride from Rossi - The champion has proven once again that he is by far the rider with the best natural ability in the championship...
14:46 Checa 4th, Edwards 5th, Xaus sixth, and Nakano seventh ahead of Biaggi... What??? The Japanese rider has produced a minor miracle after his crash at Mugello last weekend...
14:46 He thumps the air in delight, Gibernau is of course disappointed, with Melandri an amazing third...
25/25 ROSSI WINS!!!!
25/25 Gibernau closes right up... They almost touch
25/25 Rossi is ringing the neck of his Yamaha...
25/25 Rossi has the gap, he's sliding everywhere... Gibernau closes
25/25 Rossi breaks the draft, he stays right and has the lead into turn 1... He has a 0.5 second lead...
25/25 Rossi starts the last lap in the lead...
24/25 Gibernau gets right up on the back of the Yamaha, he gets onto the dirt and doesn't even lift... Dust everywhere
24/25 Rossi gets by Gibernau in turn one... He out braked him...
23/25 Kenny Roberts is following the leading duo, but he is a lap down and has fresh rear rubber
23/25 Edwards goes fifth, Nakano sixth, Biaggi seventh and Xaus now eighth...
23/25 The times are dropping as the grip runs out... The front two are on the limit
22/25 Gibernau has got the foot to the floor now as Bayliss crashes heavily... He smashes his body into the dirt, legs and arms flaying... He is shaken
21/25 Gibernau hits the front...
21/25 Rossi runs wide, allowing Gibernau to close right in...
20/25 Rossi now has a 0.6 lead over Gibernau... This promises to be a great finale...
20/25 Checa can't close on Melandri for third - He's still 3 seconds off the lead
19/25 John Hopkins retires... He's pointing to the rear tyre... Roberts also retires...
19/25 Gibernau gets too close to Rossi, they almost touch and the Spaniard has to run wide... Rossi has a 0.5 lead with six laps to go
18/25 Hayden retires - His bike is parked on the side of the track
17/25 Rossi holds the lead down the straight and is really stretching Gibernau now...
16/25 Rossi slides is agaiin - he's giving it his all... He's really got his head down
15/25 Gibernau has a bobble and Rossi leads...
15/25 Biaggi smokes the tyre coming out of turn 4
15/25 rossi has a look at Gibernau under braking into turn 1 but can't quite manage to pull it off - Is he keeping that in his hat for later in the race?
15/25 Nakano is flying... he is 9th and lapping a seocnd quickier than those ahead of him!!!
14/25 Carlos Checa goes fourth!!! He's taken Biaggi... The Spaniard is 3 seconds off the podium
14/25 Gibernau powers by Rossi down the straight to retake the lead... He really wants to win here
13/25 Rossi slides the Yamaha around a corner and blue sloke comes off the back... he won't want to be doing that too much as tyre wear is crucial here
13/25 Rossi goes through into the lead as Gibernau runs wide.
12/25 Chris Burns re-enters the pits... Not a good day at the office for the Brit
12/25 Rossi closes in on Gibernau to just 0.096 seconds as Tamada pits... Nooo, terrible luck for Tamada-san again... Has he got a problem with his Bridgestones again?.. The tyre covers are on so most probably
11/25 Gibernau and Rossi are by far the on form riders in MotoGP at the moment...
11/25 The leading duo are now 4.8 seocnds clear of Melandri who seems to have shaken off Biaggi...
10/25 Checa is now moving up through the field, taking Xaus for sixth
09/25 Rossi is staying with Gibernau as the pace drops slightly but they are still faster than the chasing group
08/25 Rossi is 0.3 seocnds off Gibernau with Melandri now three seconds back in third with Biaggi right behind him... Tamada if fifth, two seconds further back...
07/25 Rossi misses an apex and drops off the back of Gibernau...
06/25 The leading duo are lapping 1min 44.7's while Melandri is holding up the chasing group... Biaggi is now 2.5 seconds off the leadXaus is the leading Ducati in sixth...
05/25 Kurtis Roberts has parked his Proton in the garage
05/25 Gibernau and Rossi now have a 1.4 second lead over Melandri...
04/25 Barros is down!!!! He was sliding a lot on the last lap and the front end has gone...
04/25 Rossi has another look at Gibernau as Barros takes third from Biaggi, and Melandri also goes through
03/25 The top six are grouping up slightly... The pace has dropped
03/25 Barros has gone fourth, ahead of Tamada... He sets a 1min 44.7 which equals Rossi
03/25 Rossi has a look at Gibernau down the straight - The Yamaha seems to have a good top speed here...
02/25 Rossi has great corner speed...
02/25 Rossi recovers and stays ahead of Biaggi... Rossi's rear wheel was well off the floor
02/25 Rossi runs wide, gets a foot off the peg and Gibernau goes through
02/25 Rossi and Gibernau have a small gap to Biaggi as the fire crackers go off in the stands... A bit early but hell, this is Spain
02/25 Naicky Hayden has had a terrible start in 16th!!! he started third
02/25 Gibernau has a look at Rossi in turn 1 but backs it off...
01/25 Rossileads, Gibernau second and Biaggi third...
01/25 Melandri sixth...
01/25 Capirossi runs wide and loses a handful of places
01/25 Biaggi third... Tamada fourth
01/25 Gibernau leads into turn 1... No, Rossi goes around the outside
13:59 The riders are now on the grid and we are ready
13:58 The riders are away for their formation lap
13:53 Williams test-driver Marc Gene is also on the grid..
13:52 Tennis player David Nalbandian is on the grid...
13:49 The riders are now on the grid... The temperatures have risen to over 30°C which will make this race extremely difficult for the riders... Expect a LOT of sliding :-)
13:44 Nicky Hayden has qualified on the front row for the second consecutove race and his pole time is three seconds quicker than last year.
13:42 A victory for Valentino Rossi would be the first back-to-back wins for Yamaha since Garry McCoy in 2000
13:41 The top 12 riders on the grid have lapped faster than last year's pole...
13:40 Sete Gibernau is starting from pole for the third consecutive race.
13:30 We are now just half an hour from the start of the main event, the MotoGP race...
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