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Japanese GP: Practice 3 times
Pos Driver Nat Team Time Gap To 1st --- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- ------- 1. Loris Capirossi I Marlboro Ducati 1:46.329 2. Marco Melandri ...
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Pos Driver Nat Team Time Gap To 1st
--- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- -------
1. Loris Capirossi I Marlboro Ducati 1:46.329
2. Marco Melandri I Fortuna Honda 1:46.658 0.329 0.329
3. Valentino Rossi I Camel Yamaha 1:47.171 0.513 0.842
4. Randy De Puniet F Kawasaki Racing Team 1:47.225 0.054 0.896
5. Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha 1:47.292 0.067 0.963
6. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts 1:47.460 0.168 1.131
7. John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki MotoGP 1:47.632 0.172 1.303
8. Casey Stoner AUS LCR Honda 1:47.640 0.008 1.311
9. Sete Gibernau E Marlboro Ducati 1:47.826 0.186 1.497
10. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda 1:48.125 0.299 1.796
11. Shinya Nakano J Kawasaki Racing Team 1:48.298 0.173 1.969
12. Makoto Tamada J Konica Minolta Honda 1:48.374 0.076 2.045
13. Dani Pedrosa E Repsol Honda 1:48.472 0.098 2.143
14. Toni Elias E Fortuna Honda 1:48.534 0.062 2.205
15. Chris Vermeulen AUS Team Suzuki MotoGP 1:48.602 0.068 2.273
16. Kousuke Akiyoshi J Team Suzuki 1:48.897 0.295 2.568
17. Carlos Checa E Tech 3 Yamaha 1:49.446 0.549 3.117
18. Naoki Matsudo J Kawasaki Racing Team 1:49.474 0.028 3.145
19. James Ellison GB Tech 3 Yamaha 1:49.735 0.261 3.406
20. Alex Hofmann D D'Antin Ducati 1:50.134 0.399 3.805
21. Jose Luis Cardoso E D'Antin Ducati 1:50.573 0.439 4.244
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