Estoril is a difficult track where races are always very tight live. The heat and wind, despite making an appearance has not hindered too much the day of testing today, are always players in mapping Portugal. Equality has been the dominant feature in MotoGP, with Carlos Checa, Tohru Ukawa, Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi and Alex Barros to fight for the best time. Finally the Brazilian Barros on a Honda two-stroke has been the fastest driver of the first qualifying session. Tohru Ukawa, this morning marked the best record has finally occupied the sixth position. His teammate Valentino Rossi, who with two laps to go and after posting his best time has gone straight into the final curve of the main straight, took provisional third place.
In 250cc, Fonsi Nieto has broken today what was already becoming commonplace: making the provisional pole. Best time in the morning, Bravo Repsol has been delayed in the final minutes for a few technical problems with the engine on his Aprilia, finding himself relegated to sixth place in the provisional grid. Who has done some training has been very promising mate Toni Elias, who has come to mark the provisional pole just minutes from the end of the qualifying session. With two minutes left in the session, Nieto, Elias, Battaini, Rolfo, Alzamora and cherish Melandri has reached the pole was finally Melandri who is awarded the best time of the provisional grid.
125cc. Manuel Poggiali has only been able to go down to 146, with Dani Pedrosa chased by tuning problems, some problems which prevented him from setting the fourth fastest time of the day. His teammate Joan Olive, sixth fastest time in free practice, has marked the eleventh fastest time
