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Japanese GP: Practice 1 times

Pos Driver Nat Team Time Gap To 1st --- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- ------- 1. John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki MotoGP 1:48.222 2. Valentino Rossi ...

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Pos Driver                 Nat Team                          Time     Gap  To 1st
--- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- -------
 1. John Hopkins           USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        1:48.222
 2. Valentino Rossi        I   Camel Yamaha              1:48.235   0.013   0.013
 3. Casey Stoner           AUS LCR Honda                 1:48.255   0.020   0.033
 4. Colin Edwards          USA Camel Yamaha              1:48.262   0.007   0.040
 5. Loris Capirossi        I   Marlboro Ducati           1:48.286   0.024   0.064
 6. Marco Melandri         I   Fortuna Honda             1:48.558   0.272   0.336
 7. Kenny Roberts          USA Team Roberts              1:48.639   0.081   0.417
 8. Sete Gibernau          E   Marlboro Ducati           1:48.708   0.069   0.486
 9. Nicky Hayden           USA Repsol Honda              1:48.713   0.005   0.491
10. Toni Elias             E   Fortuna Honda             1:48.754   0.041   0.532
11. Shinya Nakano          J   Kawasaki Racing Team      1:48.815   0.061   0.593
12. Makoto Tamada          J   Konica Minolta Honda      1:49.109   0.294   0.887
13. Randy De Puniet        F   Kawasaki Racing Team      1:49.273   0.164   1.051
14. Kousuke Akiyoshi       J   Team Suzuki               1:49.587   0.314   1.365
15. Dani Pedrosa           E   Repsol Honda              1:49.774   0.187   1.552
16. Carlos Checa           E   Tech 3 Yamaha             1:50.037   0.263   1.815
17. Chris Vermeulen        AUS Team Suzuki MotoGP        1:50.320   0.283   2.098
18. Alex Hofmann           D   D'Antin Ducati            1:50.763   0.443   2.541
19. James Ellison          GB  Tech 3 Yamaha             1:50.949   0.186   2.727
20. Naoki Matsudo          J   Kawasaki Racing Team      1:51.280   0.331   3.058
21. Jose Luis Cardoso      E   D'Antin Ducati            1:51.735   0.455   3.513

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