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Turkish GP: Starting grid

Pos Num Rider Nat Team Bike Time Gap To 1st --- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- 1. 71 Chris Vermeulen AUS Team Suzuki MotoGP ...

Published: Apr 30, 2006, 9:47 PM

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Pos Num Rider                Nat Team                      Bike             Time      Gap   To 1st
--- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
 1.  71 Chris Vermeulen      AUS Team Suzuki MotoGP        Suzuki       2:04.617
 2.  69 Nicky Hayden         USA Repsol Honda              Honda        2:04.823    0.206    0.206
 3.  15 Sete Gibernau        E   Marlboro Ducati           Ducati       2:05.003    0.180    0.386
 4.  65 Loris Capirossi      I   Marlboro Ducati           Ducati       2:05.540    0.537    0.923
 5.  21 John Hopkins         USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        Suzuki       2:05.700    0.160    1.083
 6.  17 Randy De Puniet      F   Kawasaki Racing Team      Kawasaki     2:06.102    0.402    1.485
 7.  27 Casey Stoner         AUS LCR Honda                 Honda        2:07.277    1.175    2.660
 8.  56 Shinya Nakano        J   Kawasaki Racing Team      Kawasaki     2:07.294    0.017    2.677
 9.   5 Colin Edwards        USA Camel Yamaha              Yamaha       2:07.344    0.050    2.727
10.  10 Kenny Roberts        USA Team Roberts              KR211V       2:07.345    0.001    2.728
11.  46 Valentino Rossi      I   Camel Yamaha              Yamaha       2:07.552    0.207    2.935
12.  24 Antonio Elias        E   Fortuna Honda             Honda        2:07.763    0.211    3.146
13.   6 Makoto Tamada        J   Konica Minolta Honda      Honda        2:08.143    0.380    3.526
14.  33 Marco Melandri       I   Fortuna Honda             Honda        2:08.393    0.250    3.776
15.   7 Carlos Checa         E   Tech 3 Yamaha             Yamaha       2:10.322    1.929    5.705
16.  26 Dani Pedrosa         E   Repsol Honda              Honda        2:10.956    0.634    6.339
17.  66 Alex Hofmann         D   D'Antin Ducati            Ducati       2:11.241    0.285    6.624
18.  30 Jose Luis Cardoso    E   D'Antin Ducati            Ducati       2:11.456    0.215    6.839
19.  77 James Ellison        GB  Tech 3 Yamaha             Yamaha       2:12.298    0.842    7.681

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