Toni Elias is becoming a player in the 250cc class. for his excellent season finale. After his victory in Japan and second in Malaysia, the Aprilia rider has arrived in Australia in very good shape today marking the best record of the day, despite suffering a nagging flu. With strong winds and temperatures much lower than those found in Malaysia a week ago, Nieto and Elias have dominated both sessions today because in free practice Fonsi has been the fastest. Nieto, who still have title chances, has been very focused on preparing today for Sunday’s race with his team.
The weather forecast for strong winds again tomorrow and announce the arrival of rains. MotoGP seems that the arrival of more than four-stroke motorcycle and substantial improvements in the Yamaha M1, even though today have not performed as expected of them, are also considerably more. The fight for pole position this afternoon was very close, with Barros, local McCoy, McWilliams and you Goorbergh as the main protagonists in this dispute. Valentino Rossi, the more satisfied with the performance of his bike along the day, made the fifth fastest time, followed by his teammate Tohru Ukawa two position behind. The youngest of the three categories competed lived another day today, with German Jenkner the end of the first qualifying session, followed by Poggiali, De Angelis, Nieto and Pedrosa, fifth and now second line. His teammate Joan Olive completed a delayed seventeenth position, waiting to be able to improve tomorrow. The overall leader, Frenchman Arnaud Vincent, was completed in the twenty-first position, suffering from a strong stomach infection
