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Australian GP: Practice 3 times

Pos Driver Nat Team Time Gap To 1st --- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- ------- 1. Carlos Checa E Tech 3 Yamaha 1:30.202 2. Nicky Hayden ...

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Pos Driver                 Nat Team                          Time     Gap  To 1st
--- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- -------
 1. Carlos Checa           E   Tech 3 Yamaha             1:30.202
 2. Nicky Hayden           USA Repsol Honda              1:30.272   0.070   0.070
 3. Loris Capirossi        I   Marlboro Ducati           1:30.273   0.001   0.071
 4. Toni Elias             E   Fortuna Honda             1:30.366   0.093   0.164
 5. Valentino Rossi        I   Camel Yamaha              1:30.522   0.156   0.320
 6. Casey Stoner           AUS LCR Honda                 1:30.524   0.002   0.322
 7. Colin Edwards          USA Camel Yamaha              1:30.582   0.058   0.380
 8. Kenny Roberts          USA Team Roberts              1:30.597   0.015   0.395
 9. Sete Gibernau          E   Marlboro Ducati           1:30.604   0.007   0.402
10. Shinya Nakano          J   Kawasaki Racing Team      1:30.727   0.123   0.525
11. Randy De Puniet        F   Kawasaki Racing Team      1:30.881   0.154   0.679
12. Marco Melandri         I   Fortuna Honda             1:31.056   0.175   0.854
13. John Hopkins           USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        1:31.303   0.247   1.101
14. Chris Vermeulen        AUS Team Suzuki MotoGP        1:31.393   0.090   1.191
15. Dani Pedrosa           E   Repsol Honda              1:31.468   0.075   1.266
16. Alex Hofmann           D   D'Antin Ducati            1:31.638   0.170   1.436
17. Makoto Tamada          J   Konica Minolta Honda      1:32.143   0.505   1.941
18. Jose Luis Cardoso      E   D'Antin Ducati            1:32.293   0.150   2.091
19. James Ellison          GB  Tech 3 Yamaha             1:32.452   0.159   2.250

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