Honda’s Valentino Rossi shows no sign of surrendering his dominance of this year’s 500 GP season. The winner of the first two rounds also took pole for the third race tomorrow in Jerez, Spain, with a record breaking lap. On the front row with Rossi will be the Honda of Loris Capirossi and the Yamahas of Norick Abe and Shinya Nakano.
In the 250 class, the Honda of Daijiro Katoh will sit on pole with the Aprilia of Marcellino Lucchi qualifying second.
250cc Final Race Results
1. Daijiro Katoh #74 HONDA 1:43.959 2. Marcellino Lucchi #34 APRILIA 1:44.090 3. Roberto Locatelli #15 APRILIA 1:44.488 4. Fonsi Nieto #10 APRILIA 1:44.489 5. Tetsuya Harada #31 APRILIA 1:44.635 6. Marco Melandri #5 APRILIA 1:44.688 7. Naoki Matsudo #8 YAMAHA 1:44.795 8. Jeremy McWilliams #99 APRILIA 1:44.878 9. Franco Battaini #21 APRILIA 1:45.123 10. Emillio Alzamora #7 HONDA 1:45.131
500cc Final Race Results
1. Valentino Rossi #46 HONDA 1:42.739
2. Loris Capirossi #65 HONDA 1:43.132
3. Norick Abe #6 YAMAHA 1:43.234
4. Shinya Nakano #56 YAMAHA 1:43.247
5. Max Biaggi #3 YAMAHA 1:43.275
6. Tohru Ukawa #11 HONDA 1:43.416
7. Alex Barros #4 HONDA 1:43.592
8. Kenny Roberts #1 SUZUKI 1:43.688
9. Jurgen vd Goorbergh #17 PROTON KR 1:43.838
10. Noriyuki Haga #41 YAMAHA 1:43.901