Jacque fastest in testing at wet Jerez
Kawasaki's Olivier Jacque made up for his disappointing run in the Spanish Grand Prix by topping the times in Monday's rain-hit testing session at Jerez in Spain
The Frenchman finished a lowly 18th place in the race on Sunday, with his team clearly frustrated with his performance, but proved once again his wet weather skills on Monday to edge out his teammate Randy de Puniet by less than one tenth of a second.
Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen was third quickest, just a few hundredths off de Puniet, with Kenny Roberts Jr. continuing to show the improved form he demonstrated last weekend to set the fourth quickest time.
Qatar winner Casey Stoner was fifth fastest, leading the duties for Ducati Marlboro with teammate Loris Capirossi returning home to Monaco for the birth of his first child.
Spaniard Carlos Checa, who enjoyed a morale-boosting return to form at Jerez last weekend, was sixth fastest ahead of Jerez winner Valentino Rossi - whose team's bid to try out engine evolutions will not have been helped by the weather.
Pos Rider Make Time Laps 1. Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 1:51.422 52 2. Randy De Puniet Kawasaki 1:51.502 59 3. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1:51.536 27 4. Kenny Roberts Jr KR 1:51.567 30 5. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:51.736 21 6. Carlos Checa Honda 1:51.827 44 7. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:51.899 41 8. Alex Barros Ducati 1:52.129 36 9. Toni Elias Honda 1:52.198 56 10. Shinya Nakano Honda 1:52.212 53 11. Nicky Hayden Honda 1:52.637 67 12. Marco Melandri Honda 1:52.842 45 13. Alex Hofmann Ducati 1:52.904 55 14. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1:53.104 36 15. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1:53.240 51 16. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 1:55.992 44 17. Makoto Tamada Yamaha 1:57.917 38 18. Akiyoshi Kousuke Suzuki 1:58.635 36 19. Vittoriano Guareschi Ducati 2:00.291 33
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