Yamaha’s Max Biaggi will be on pole tomorrow for the 500 GP of Brno. Biaggi shattered the lap record, and qualified much quicker than second quickest Loris Capirossi (Honda). Capirossi was quick despite suffering a broken bone in his hand during a practice crash. Suzuki’s Kenny Roberts, the championship points’ leader will also start from the front row as will Yamaha’s Garry McCoy.
In 250 qualifying, the Yamahas of Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano were the the first and second quickest bikes, with the Aprilia of Ralf Waldmann and the Honda of Tohru Ukawa filling out the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s 250 GP.
250cc Qualifying Results (Top 10)
1. Olivier Jacque (#19 - YAMAHA) 2'03.673 2. Shinya Nakano (#56 - YAMAHA) 2'03.686 3. Ralf Waldmann (#6 - APRILIA) 2'03.927 4. Tohru Ukawa (#4 - HONDA) 2'04.019 5. Marco Melandri (#13 - APRILIA 2'04.041 6. Franco Battaini (#21 - APRILIA) 2'04.749 7. Jamie Robinson (#77 - APRILIA) 2'05.244 8. Daijiro Katoh (#74 - HONDA) 2'05.323 9. Jason Vincent (#24 - APRILIA) 2'05.478 10. Klaus Nohles (#26 - APRILIA) 2'05.621
500cc Qualifying Results (Top 10)
1. Max Biaggi (#4 - YAMAHA) 2'01.291 2. Loris Capirossi (#65 - HONDA) 2'01.675 3. Kenny Roberts (#2 - SUZUKI) 2'01.713 4. Garry McCoy (#24 - YAMAHA) 2'01.936 5. Valentino Rossi (#46 - HONDA) 2'02.096 6. Alex Criville (#1 - HONDA) 2'02.208 7. Norick Abe (#6 - YAMAHA) 2'02.481 8. Tetsuya Harada (#31 - APRILIA) 2'02.631 9. Jeremy McWilliams (#99 - APRILIA) 2'02.641 10. Jurgen vd Goorbergh (#17 - HONDA) 2'02.694
