[fasttman]

Neil Hodgson took just 4 laps to get back in the groove on the factory 999 in jerez last week ,useing dunlops whilest Toseland
& Laconie were on Pirellis, the qualifying times were as follows
(R)-race tyre
(q)-qualifiying tyre

1 . N Hodgson (Q) 1:43.47 (R) 1:44.29

2. J Toseland (Q) 1:44.46 (R) 1:44.60

3 . R Laconie (Q) 1:44.52 (R) 1:44.68

He starts testing in the usa in January/ 3/2005 -at daytona, should make for some good racing me thinks.

 

[Ian]

Guess that shows how much better Dunlop is at making a qualifier.

 

[nebulate]

or how shoddy the pirelli's they are dishing out really are

 

[MotorToad]

Does Pirelli even have a "Q" tire? It seems pointless when there's no competition.

 

[cesj]

Too bad that Daytona chagned this year; I would love to see ducati try to win it again.