2004 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 1

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Welkom 16 - 18 Apr. 2004
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , MotoGP

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.   Motorcycle Team

 1 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA  1'42.090 *1'40.942         Honda Kopron Team Scot
 2 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'41.522 *1'41.024       Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR
 3  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'42.669 *1'41.193       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
 4 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA  1'42.597 *1'41.195       Aprilia Globet.com Racing
 5 27 Casey STONER             AUS  1'43.140 *1'41.204           KTM Red Bull KTM
 6 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  1'42.401 *1'41.373       Aprilia Master - Repsol Team 125cc
 7 58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA  1'42.815 *1'41.483       Aprilia Rauch Bravo
 8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA  1'42.777 *1'41.550       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
 9 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'43.139 *1'41.619       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
10 10 Julian SIMON             SPA  1'43.200 *1'41.644         Honda Angaia Racing
11  3 Hector BARBERA           SPA  1'42.584 *1'41.682       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
12 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'43.028 *1'41.754       Aprilia Globet.com Racing
13 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA  1'43.219 *1'41.762         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
14 14 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  1'43.063 *1'41.866      Malaguti Semprucci Malaguti
15 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN  1'42.283 *1'41.896           KTM Red Bull KTM
16 26 Dario GIUSEPPETTI        GER  1'44.906 *1'41.959         Honda Elit Grand Prix
17 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA  1'43.035 *1'42.038        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing Team
18 21 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'42.375 *1'42.106       Aprilia Rauch Bravo
19  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'43.877 *1'42.143        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing Team
20 54 Mattia PASINI            ITA  1'43.225 *1'42.194       Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR
21 24 Simone CORSI             ITA  1'43.635 *1'42.242         Honda Kopron Team Scot
22 69 Robbin HARMS             DAN  1'43.950 *1'42.551         Honda Ajo Motorsport
23 12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI  1'43.787 *1'42.634         Honda Elit Grand Prix
24 33 Sergio GADEA             SPA  1'45.346 *1'42.642       Aprilia Master - Repsol Team 125cc
25 25 Imre TOTH                HUN  1'44.430 *1'43.195       Aprilia Team Hungary
26 66 Vesa KALLIO              FIN  1'45.539 *1'43.301       Aprilia Team Hungary
27 52 Lukas PESEK              CZE  1'45.269 *1'43.590         Honda Ajo Motorsport
28 47 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA  1'46.052 *1'43.864         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
29 50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA *1'44.014                 Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
30 42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA  1'45.568 *1'44.099       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
31  8 Manuel MANNA             ITA  1'46.709 *1'44.115      Malaguti Semprucci Malaguti
32 11 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA  1'45.252 *1'44.345         Honda Angaia Racing
33 28 Jordi CARCHANO           SPA  1'45.744 *1'44.560       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
34 16 Raymond SCHOUTEN         NED  1'46.037 *1'44.741         Honda Molenaar Racing

Qualification Time 107% 1'48.007

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.   Motorcycle Team

 1  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'35.925 *1'35.300       Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR
 2 19 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'36.469 *1'35.379       Aprilia Repsol - Aspar Team 250cc
 3 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  1'36.999 *1'35.596       Aprilia MS ApriliaTeam
 4 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  1'37.292 *1'35.843         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda 250cc
 5 51 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  1'37.539 *1'36.251       Aprilia Aprilia Racing
 6 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'37.392 *1'36.447       Aprilia Repsol - Aspar Team 250cc
 7  2 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'37.952 *1'36.611         Honda Fortuna Honda
 8 34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA  1'37.900 *1'36.690         Honda Wurth Honda BQR
 9 73 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN  1'37.673 *1'36.764         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda 250cc
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'38.375 *1'36.819       Aprilia Campetella Racing
11 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  1'37.740 *1'36.884         Honda Fortuna Honda
12 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA  1'39.150 *1'37.088       Aprilia Grefusa - Aspar Team 250cc
13 57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR  1'38.292 *1'37.172       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
14  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  1'38.060 *1'37.373        Yamaha Team UGT Kurz
15  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  1'37.856 *1'37.382         Honda Wurth Honda BQR
16  9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  1'38.629 *1'37.386       Aprilia Freesoul Abruzzo Racing Team
17 25 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA  1'39.990 *1'37.418       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
18 11 Joan OLIVE               SPA  1'38.406 *1'37.605       Aprilia Campetella Racing
19 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  1'39.023 *1'37.614       Aprilia Campetella Racing
20 14 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'38.750 *1'37.633       Aprilia Freesoul Abruzzo Racing Team
21 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  1'38.679 *1'37.688         Honda Molenaar Racing
22 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER  1'39.003 *1'37.716       Aprilia Grefusa - Aspar Team 250cc
23 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA  1'39.402 *1'37.739        Yamaha Team UGT Kurz
24 12 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'40.720 *1'38.333       Aprilia Equipe GP de France - Scrab
25 15 Christian GEMMEL         GER  1'39.787 *1'38.406         Honda Castrol-Honda Kiefer Racing
26 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'39.695 *1'38.735       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
27 77 Gregory LEFORT           FRA  1'40.067 *1'38.940       Aprilia Equipe GP de France - Scrab
28 44 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN  1'41.766 *1'38.976        Yamaha NC World Trade
29 40 Max SABBATANI            ITA *1'39.143  1'39.900        Yamaha NC World Trade

Qualification Time 107% 1'41.971

MotoGP Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.   Motorcycle Team

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'33.353 *1'32.647        Yamaha Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha
 2 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'33.378 *1'32.682         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda MotoGP
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'33.730 *1'32.919         Honda Camel Honda
 4 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA  1'34.208 *1'33.098         Honda Repsol Honda Team
 5 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA  1'33.859 *1'33.111         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda MotoGP
 6 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'34.661 *1'33.276      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
 7 33 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'34.100 *1'33.296        Yamaha Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3
 8  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'34.619 *1'33.359         Honda Repsol Honda Team
 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'33.709 *1'33.522        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
10 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'33.841 *1'33.543        Suzuki Team Suzuki MotoGP
11 21 John HOPKINS             USA  1'35.112 *1'33.598        Suzuki Team Suzuki MotoGP
12  6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN  1'34.177 *1'33.679         Honda Camel Honda
13 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'34.616 *1'33.815      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
14  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'34.540 *1'33.884        Yamaha Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha
15 50 Neil HODGSON             GBR  1'36.187 *1'33.977        Ducati DfAntin MotoGP
16 11 Ruben XAUS               SPA  1'35.417 *1'34.103        Ducati DfAntin MotoGP
17 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'36.834 *1'34.404       Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
18 17 Norick ABE               JPN  1'35.251 *1'34.484        Yamaha Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3
19 67 Shane BYRNE              GBR  1'35.852 *1'34.703       Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
20  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'36.907 *1'34.845     Proton KR Proton Team KR
21 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS  1'36.552 *1'35.804        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
22 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA  1'38.610 *1'36.982    Harris WCM WCM

Qualification Time 107% 1'39.132

125cc Race Classification (24 Laps = 101.808 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 34 Andrea DOVIZIOSO         ITA 40'34.318 150.559                  Honda Kopron Team Scot
 2 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 40'34.389 150.554    0.071       Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR
 3 27 Casey STONER             AUS 40'36.521 150.423    2.203           KTM Red Bull KTM
 4 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 40'36.734 150.409    2.416       Aprilia Master - Repsol Team 125cc
 5 63 Mike DI MEGLIO           FRA 40'46.630 149.801   12.312       Aprilia Globet.com Racing
 6 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 40'47.588 149.742   13.270       Aprilia Globet.com Racing
 7  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 40'48.775 149.670   14.457       Aprilia Matteoni Racing
 8 21 Steve JENKNER            GER 40'49.364 149.634   15.046       Aprilia Rauch Bravo
 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA          SPA 40'59.153 149.038   24.835       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
10  3 Hector BARBERA           SPA 40'59.584 149.012   25.266       Aprilia Seedorf Racing
11 10 Julian SIMON             SPA 41'03.674 148.765   29.356         Honda Angaia Racing
12 36 Mika KALLIO              FIN 41'07.452 148.537   33.134           KTM Red Bull KTM
13 54 Mattia PASINI            ITA 41'07.555 148.531   33.237       Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR
14 24 Simone CORSI             ITA 41'08.000 148.504   33.682         Honda Kopron Team Scot
15 41 Youichi UI               JPN 41'11.295 148.306   36.977       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
16 48 Jorge LORENZO            SPA 41'17.968 147.906   43.650         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
17  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 41'19.548 147.812   45.230        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing Team
18 69 Robbin HARMS             DAN 41'19.707 147.803   45.389         Honda Ajo Motorsport
19 26 Dario GIUSEPPETTI        GER 41'19.908 147.791   45.590         Honda Elit Grand Prix
20 52 Lukas PESEK              CZE 41'20.033 147.783   45.715         Honda Ajo Motorsport
21 32 Fabrizio LAI             ITA 41'20.279 147.769   45.961        Gilera Metis Gilera Racing Team
22 25 Imre TOTH                HUN 41'20.447 147.759   46.129       Aprilia Team Hungary
23 33 Sergio GADEA             SPA 41'39.308 146.644 1'04.990       Aprilia Master - Repsol Team 125cc
24 66 Vesa KALLIO              FIN 41'40.102 146.597 1'05.784       Aprilia Team Hungary
25 11 Mattia ANGELONI          ITA 41'57.859 145.563 1'23.541         Honda Angaia Racing
26  8 Manuel MANNA             ITA 41'58.071 145.551 1'23.753      Malaguti Semprucci Malaguti
27 28 Jordi CARCHANO           SPA 41'59.278 145.481 1'24.960       Aprilia Matteoni Racing

Not Classified
   12 Thomas LUTHI             SWI 29'09.584 148.384   7 Laps         Honda Elit Grand Prix
   58 Marco SIMONCELLI         ITA 27'12.233 149.696   8 Laps       Aprilia Rauch Bravo
   50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 22'46.749 145.253  11 Laps       Aprilia Sterilgarda Racing
   47 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA 12'13.269 145.783  17 Laps         Derbi Caja Madrid Derbi Racing
   42 Gioele PELLINO           ITA 12'40.818 140.504  17 Laps       Aprilia Abruzzo Racing Team
   16 Raymond SCHOUTEN         NED  7'16.893 139.816  20 Laps         Honda Molenaar Racing
   14 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  5'12.113 146.785  21 Laps      Malaguti Semprucci Malaguti

250cc Race Classification (26 Laps = 110.292 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 42'04.690 157.267                  Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda 250
 2  7 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 42'05.226 157.233    0.536       Aprilia Safilo Carrera - LCR
 3 19 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 42'10.549 156.903    5.859       Aprilia Repsol - Aspar Team 250cc
 4 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 42'29.251 155.752   24.561       Aprilia MS ApriliaTeam
 5 51 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 42'34.708 155.419   30.018       Aprilia Aprilia Racing
 6  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 42'35.343 155.380   30.653         Honda Wurth Honda BQR
 7 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 42'36.148 155.331   31.458       Aprilia Repsol - Aspar Team 250cc
 8 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 42'36.562 155.306   31.872         Honda Fortuna Honda
 9  2 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 42'36.630 155.302   31.940         Honda Fortuna Honda
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 42'40.333 155.077   35.643       Aprilia Campetella Racing
11 73 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN 42'41.108 155.031   36.418         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda 250
12 33 Hector FAUBEL            SPA 42'41.554 155.004   36.864       Aprilia Grefusa - Aspar Team 250cc
13 12 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 42'43.795 154.868   39.105       Aprilia Equipe GP de France - Scrab
14 28 Dirk HEIDOLF             GER 42'47.717 154.631   43.027       Aprilia Grefusa - Aspar Team 250cc
15 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 42'56.183 154.123   51.493       Aprilia Campetella Racing
16 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 42'56.389 154.111   51.699       Aprilia Freesoul Abruzzo Racing Team
17 11 Joan OLIVE               SPA 42'57.573 154.040   52.883       Aprilia Campetella Racing
18  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 43'04.590 153.622   59.900        Yamaha Team UGT Kurz
19  9 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA 43'07.509 153.449 1'02.819       Aprilia Freesoul Abruzzo Racing Team
20 36 Erwan NIGON              FRA 43'19.534 152.739 1'14.844        Yamaha Team UGT Kurz
21 96 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 43'19.716 152.728 1'15.026         Honda Molenaar Racing
22 44 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN 43'23.920 152.482 1'19.230        Yamaha NC World Trade
23 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 43'26.317 152.341 1'21.627       Aprilia Aprilia Germany
24 40 Max SABBATANI            ITA 43'33.680 151.912 1'28.990        Yamaha NC World Trade
25 77 Gregory LEFORT           FRA 43'34.522 151.863 1'29.832       Aprilia Equipe GP de France - Scrab

Not Classified
   15 Christian GEMMEL         GER 40'32.404 150.677   2 Laps         Honda Castrol-Honda Kiefer Racing

Not Finished First Lap
   25 Alex BALDOLINI           ITA                                  Aprilia Matteoni Racing
   34 Eric BATAILLE            FRA                                    Honda Wurth Honda BQR
   57 Chaz DAVIES              GBR                                  Aprilia Aprilia Germany

MotoGP Race Classification (28 Laps = 118.776 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.       Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 43'50.218 162.569                 Yamaha Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha
 2  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 43'50.428 162.556    0.210         Honda Camel Honda
 3 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 43'57.473 162.122    7.255         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda MotoGP
 4  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 44'08.885 161.423   18.667         Honda Repsol Honda Team
 5 69 Nicky HAYDEN             USA 44'14.312 161.093   24.094         Honda Repsol Honda Team
 6 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 44'14.593 161.076   24.375        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
 7 45 Colin EDWARDS            USA 44'19.073 160.805   28.855         Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda MotoGP
 8  6 Makoto TAMADA            JPN 44'26.753 160.342   36.535         Honda Camel Honda
 9 17 Norick ABE               JPN 44'26.861 160.335   36.643        Yamaha Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3
10  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 44'29.502 160.177   39.284        Yamaha Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha
11 33 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 44'34.024 159.906   43.806        Yamaha Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3
12 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 44'34.138 159.899   43.920      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
13 21 John HOPKINS             USA 44'46.246 159.178   56.028        Suzuki Team Suzuki MotoGP
14 12 Troy BAYLISS             AUS 44'46.776 159.147   56.558        Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team
15 67 Shane BYRNE              GBR 45'04.049 158.130 1'13.831       Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
16 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 45'12.424 157.642 1'22.206       Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
17  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 45'17.151 157.368 1'26.933     Proton KR Proton Team KR
18 84 Michel FABRIZIO          ITA 44'05.911 144.290   3 Laps    Harris WCM WCM

Not Classified
   66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 24'18.922 157.011  13 Laps      Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
   50 Neil HODGSON             GBR 24'26.610 156.188  13 Laps        Ducati DfAntin MotoGP
   10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  9'34.925 159.372  22 Laps        Suzuki Team Suzuki MotoGP
   11 Ruben XAUS               SPA  6'37.600 153.633  24 Laps        Ducati DfAntin MotoGP

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