The GP circuit visits Assen tomorrow. In the 500 class, Loris Capirossi put his Honda on pole, with the Yamaha of Max Biaggi winding up along side. Valentino Rossi (Honda) and Alex Barros (Honda) qualified third and fourth.
In the 250 class, Tetsuya Harada will start from pole position on his Aprilia ahead of the Honda of Daijiro Katoh. The Aprilias of Marco Melandri and Jeremy McWilliams round out the front row of the grid.
500cc Final Qualifying (Top 10)
1. Loris Capirossi #65 HONDA 2:00.743 2. Max Biaggi #3 YAMAHA 2:00.876 3. Valentino Rossi #46 HONDA 2:01.185 4. Alex Barros #4 HONDA 2:01.492 5. Shinya Nakano #56 YAMAHA 2:01.646 6. Kenny Roberts #1 SUZUKI 2:01.773 7. Carlos Checa #7 YAMAHA 2:01.897 8. Norick Abe #6 YAMAHA 2:02.218 9. Sete Gibernau #15 SUZUKI 2:02.440 10. Alex Criville #28 HONDA 2:02.521
250cc Final Qualifying (Top 10)
1. Tetsuya Harada #31 APRILIA 2:04.363 2. Daijiro Katoh #74 HONDA 2:04.549 3. Marco Melandri #5 APRILIA 2:04.644 4. Jeremy McWilliams #99 APRILIA 2:04.911 5. Roberto Rolfo #44 APRILIA 2:05.492 6. Randy De Puniet #81 APRILIA 2:05.763 7. Naoki Matsudo #8 YAMAHA 2:05.874 8. Sebastian Porto #9 YAMAHA 2:06.139 9. Roberto Locatelli #15 APRILIA 2:06.287 10. Saharol Yuzy #18 YAMAHA 2:06.318