Czech Round-Up

'My start was not good and I got trapped with some of the Honda riders, there was no room to overtake or push any faster; I lost a lot of time. After five laps I found a very good pace, some 1'59s laps, and I was able to pass Bayliss and battle in the group with the Suzukis and Alex. I tried to push and escape from this group but it was not possible, although I really wanted to finish ahead of Kenny Roberts. But I struggled with rear drive traction off the turns; this was a very hard race, it seems our bike does like Brno very much.'

- Shinya on finishing twelfth at Brno

Source : Kawasaki-Eckl

Round 11 Results :-

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Yamaha Team 43min 56.539 secs
2. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 43min 58.376 secs
3. Max Biaggi ITA Repsol Honda Team 43min 59.983 secs
4. Alex Barros BRA Camel Honda 44min 0.687 secs
5. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 44min 0.902 secs
6. Marco Melandri ITA Team Movistar Honda 44min 7.689 secs
7. Colin Edwards USA Gauloises Yamaha Team 44min 10.071 secs
8. Carlos Checa ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 44min 15.87 secs
9. Troy Bayliss AUS Camel Honda 44min 23.664 secs
10. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 44min 23.787 secs
11. Kenny Roberts USA Team Suzuki MotoGP 44min 24.233 secs
12. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 44min 24.342 secs
13. John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki MotoGP 44min 24.817 secs
14. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Yamaha Team 44min 25.11 secs
15. Alex Hofmann GER Kawasaki Racing Team 44min 26.307 secs
16. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 44min 38.317 secs
17. Roberto Rolfo ITA D'Antin Ducati Pramac 44min 54.339 secs
18. Ruben Xaus SPA Fortuna Yamaha Team 45min 4.621 secs
19. James Ellison GBR Blata WCM 45min 38.708 secs
20. Franco Battaini ITA Blata WCM 45min 51.323 secs

DNF:
Sete Gibernau SPA Team Movistar Honda 41min 57.46 secs
Jeremy McWilliams GBR Team Roberts 14min 45.932 secs

Source : crash.net