Gibernau sets Barcelona pace
Local favourite Sete Gibernau secured provisional pole for the Catalunya Grand Prix in record-breaking style in Barcelona on Friday.
Gibernau, who leads Valentino Rossi in the Championship by 10 points, added: " It was a good final lap but there is still a long way to go."
Italian Max Biaggi, who also crashed during the morning session, will join Gibernau on the provisional front row.
Biaggi took over the lead from Rossi only to be pipped by Gibernau in the dying seconds.
1. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Honda 1min 42.934, 2.
Max Biaggi (ITA) Honda 1min 43.563
3. Makoto Tamada (JPN) Honda 1min 43.708
4. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha 1min 43.710
5. Nicky Hayden (USA) Honda 1min 43.840
6. Carlos Checa (SPA) Yamaha 1min 43.860
7. Alex Barros (BRA) Honda 1min 43.911
8. Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki 1min 43.948
9. Marco Melandri (ITA) Yamaha 1min 44.071
10. Troy Bayliss (AUS) Ducati 1min 44.277
Local favourite Sete Gibernau secured provisional pole for the Catalunya Grand Prix in record-breaking style in Barcelona on Friday.
Gibernau, who leads Valentino Rossi in the Championship by 10 points, added: " It was a good final lap but there is still a long way to go."
Italian Max Biaggi, who also crashed during the morning session, will join Gibernau on the provisional front row.
Biaggi took over the lead from Rossi only to be pipped by Gibernau in the dying seconds.
1. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Honda 1min 42.934, 2.
Max Biaggi (ITA) Honda 1min 43.563
3. Makoto Tamada (JPN) Honda 1min 43.708
4. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha 1min 43.710
5. Nicky Hayden (USA) Honda 1min 43.840
6. Carlos Checa (SPA) Yamaha 1min 43.860
7. Alex Barros (BRA) Honda 1min 43.911
8. Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki 1min 43.948
9. Marco Melandri (ITA) Yamaha 1min 44.071
10. Troy Bayliss (AUS) Ducati 1min 44.277
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