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Dutch TT: Free Practice One
Rossi Injured At Assen
by toby hirst
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1:39.619
2 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:39.887
3 Casey Stoner Honda LCR Honda RC211V 1:40.031
4 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:40.429
5 Carlos Checa Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 1:40.725
6 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 1:40.861
7 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V 1:40.931
8 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:41.032
9 Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC211V 1:41.209
10 Kenny Roberts Jnr. Team Roberts KR211V 1:41.304
11 Randy De Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1:41.322
12 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:41.386
13 Alex Hofmann Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:41.907
14 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:42.974
15 James Ellison Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 1:43.389
16 Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 1:44.088
17 Jose Luis Cardoso Team D'Antin Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:44.558
18 Ivan Silva Team D'antin Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP-6 1:46.254
19 Toni Elias Fortuna Honda Honda RC211V 1:48.919
Weather: Dry-Wet.
The first free practice session at the 'new' Assen circuit has ended with Kawasaki's Shinya Nakano setting the fastest time after a rain-hit 90-minute exploratory run, but the real drama came when Valentino Rossi crashed heavily early on.
The Doctor fell from his YZR-M1 machine at high-speed approaching the final chicane and had to be stretchered off to the medical center.
Early reports from track-side indicated that Camel Yamaha's Rossi had broken his wrist and sustained injuries to his chest and ankle. He attended a Dutch hospital for further examinations, and as yet there is no official word on his condition and his further participation in this weekend's race meeting.
UPDATE:
"Valentino suffered hairline fractures to his right hand and left ankle,
as well as bruising to his chest"
Rossi took part in this afternoon's session, but could only manage 12th place, 1.314 seconds in arrears of Camel Yamaha team-mate, Edwards.
The injury score-card has increased still further, as Fortuna Honda's Toni Elias has withdrawn from the Dutch TT with an injured shoulder, Elias also a victim of a morning crash, he completed just two laps.
Marco Melandri and Loris Capirossi are both riding at Assen, but both are battered and bruised following the first corner accident in Barcelona. Sete Gibernau is absent from this race meeting, and almost certain to miss the British Grand Prix as a result of the same Catalan shunt.
Valentino Rossi Injured....
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