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March 9, 2007

Nicky Hayden, who’s been struggling all weekend managed to improve in the qualifying session. The reigning MotoGP worldchampion moved into 9th position with a time of 1’56.041 and will start on the 3th row of the grid.

Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi grabbed Pole Position with a time of 1’55.002 and finished only 0.005 seconds in front of Australian Ducati rider Casey Stoner. Colin Edwards completes the front row. Nicky’s teammate Dani Pedrosa starts on the 2nd row of the grid in 5th position.

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1’55.002
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1’55.007
3. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team 1’55.233
4. Toni Elias SPA Gresini Honda 1’55.358
5. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1’55.361
6. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’55.833
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1’55.851
8. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1’55.933
9. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1’56.041
10. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda 1’56.222
11. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1’56.306
12. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR 1’56.609
13. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’56.639
14. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1’56.754
15. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d’Antin MotoGP 1’56.814
17. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d’Antin MotoGP 1’57.274
18. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts 1’57.495
19. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha 1’58.024
20. Jeremy McWilliams GBR Ilmor GP 1’59.606
21. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP 1’59.725

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March 9, 2007

1. Colin Edwards USA Yamahaa 1’56.057
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 1’56.272
3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati 1’56.540
4. John Hopkins USA Suzuki 1’56.569
5. Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda 1’56.686
6. Marco Melandri ITA Honda 1’56.690
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati 1’56.844
8. Nicky Hayden USA Honda 1’56.918

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March 9, 2007

“It hasn’t been the way we really wanted to start the first race weekend of the season. The problems I had testing here seem to have followed me back and it feels like I’m still in that little rut with trying to get the front to steer as I want it. It’s still early though, so we’re confident of improvements as we go on. There are some parts of the track where I feel really good and other parts don’t feel that quick. So there’s a lot of work to do and we’ll definitely have a busy night trying to come up with some answers.”

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March 8, 2007

Nicky Hayden had a bad start of the new season in the dessert of Qatar. The reigning worldchampion finished in 16th position in the morning practice and although he improved in the afternoon, a 13th position after day 1 will not bring him any satisfaction. The Repsol Honda rider already complained during pre-season testing about the lack of performance of his new 800cc bike, let’s hope that Honda can sort things out fast.

Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards top the timesheets in front of Ducati rider Casey Stoner in 3rd.

Results Day 1 GP of Qatar:

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 1’56.464
2. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha 1’56.779
3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati 1’56.839
4. Carlos Checa SPA Honda 1’56.981
5. Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda 1’56.990
6. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati 1’57.247
7. Toni Elias SPA Honda 1’57.382
8. Marco Melandri ITA Honda 1’57.527
9. Shinya Nakano JPN Honda 1’57.574
10. Alex Barros BRA Ducati 1’57.626
11. John Hopkins USA Suzuki 1’57.628
12. Chris Vermeulen AUS Suzuki 1’57.636
13. Nicky Hayden USA Honda 1’57.922
14. Randy De Puniet FRA Kawasaki 1’57.982
15. Alex Hofmann Ger Ducati 1’58.206
16. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki 1’58.884
17. Kenny Roberts USA KR Honda 1’59.180
18. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Yamaha 1’59.278
19. MakotoTamada JPN Yamaha 2’00.108
20. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor 2’00.610
21. Jeremy McWilliams GBR Ilmor 2’00.621

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March 8, 2007

1. Colin Edwards USA Factory Yamaha Team 1’56.665
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1’56.745
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Factory Yamaha Team 1’56.787
4. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR 1’57.095
5. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1’57.270
6. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’57.281
7. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda 1’57.443
8. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1’57.491

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