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Testing..testing. 10/16/2004

The MotoGP circus was in town over the weekend for pre-season testing. No, I didn’t get to watch very much of it, because of, well, reasons. I did manage to catch Capirossi doing 2:00:54. Which gave me a hard-on. The sound and fury of the Ducati Desmosedici was captivating, like tearing calico, and seeing it run down the back straight at a speed of over 300km/h brought tears to my eyes. Also tinnitus to my ears.

1. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 2:00.54
2. Sete Gibernau SPA Telefonica Movistar Honda 2:01.21
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Gauloises 2:01.36
4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda 2:01.68
5. Max Biaggi ITA Repsol Honda 2:01.91
6. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Gauloises 2:01.93
7. Alex Barros BRA Camel Honda 2:01.95
8. Marco Melandri SPA Telefonica Movistar Honda 2:02:10
9. Troy Bayliss AUS Camel Honda 2:02.691
10. Shinya Nakano JPN Fuchs Kawasaki 2:02.70
11. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 2:02.80
11. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Yamaha Tech 3 2:02:80
13. Alex Hofmann GER Fuchs Kawasaki 2:03:70
14. Ruben Xaus SPA Fortuna Yamaha Tech 3 2:04:00

Take note of the time seperating the top 10 riders. Just over 2 seconds. And to put it all in perspective, the fastest I’ve ever done Sepang is 2:16:43. With red mist. Chasing an R1. And Toni Elias was riding with a fractured finger on the right (throttle) hand.

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