2008 Assen FP2 Times Day 1 - Stoner Smashes Pole Record On Race Tires

Submitted by Kropotkin on Fri, 2008-06-27 08:52.

Assen, The Netherlands

Loris Capirossi had a very nasty crash at the Ramshoek, the very fast left hander before the GT chicane, and suffered a deep flesh wound. He will not ride for the rest of the weekend, but Suzuki have for some reason decided not to run Ben Spies, who is present at Assen, in his place. This is the same corner where Toni Elias suffered a spiral fracture of his leg in 2007, and where Valentino Rossi and Toni Elias broke bones in 2006 as well.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Fast Lap	Diff	Diff Previous
1	1	Casey STONER	DUCATI	1'36.087
2	46	Valentino ROSSI	YAMAHA	1'36.819	0.732	0.732
3	5	Colin EDWARDS	YAMAHA	1'36.931	0.844	0.112
4	69	Nicky HAYDEN	HONDA	1'37.012	0.925	0.081
5	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	HONDA	1'37.126	1.039	0.114
6	56	Shinya NAKANO	HONDA	1'37.137	1.050	0.011
7	14	Randy DE PUNIET	HONDA	1'37.187	1.100	0.050
8	21	John HOPKINS	KAWASAKI	1'37.251	1.164	0.064
9	2	Dani PEDROSA	HONDA	1'37.280	1.193	0.029
10	7	Chris VERMEULEN	SUZUKI	1'37.282	1.195	0.002
11	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	HONDA	1'37.326	1.239	0.044
12	50	Sylvain GUINTOLI	DUCATI	1'37.357	1.270	0.031
13	52	James TOSELAND	YAMAHA	1'37.838	1.751	0.481
14	48	Jorge LORENZO	YAMAHA	1'37.960	1.873	0.122
15	13	Anthony WEST	KAWASAKI	1'38.413	2.326	0.453
16	24	Toni ELIAS	DUCATI	1'38.656	2.569	0.243
17	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	SUZUKI	1'38.667	2.580	0.011
18	33	Marco MELANDRI	DUCATI	1'39.214	3.127	0.547