Marco Melandri and Toni Elías the fastest at Jerez

The MotoGP teams completed their second and final day of testing on Tuesday following the Spanish Grand Prix, a session in which the Team Gresini riders, Italy’s Marco Melandri and Spain’s Toni Elías, set the fastest times. Despite the absence of leading riders such as Daniel Pedrosa, American Kenny Roberts, or the riders of Suzuki, both Valentino Rossi, winner of the Grand Prix in his category, and Nicky Hayden, the reigning world champion, completed the training program that they had been unable to finish yesterday because of the rain.

On Tuesday, conditions improved from one o’clock in the afternoon and, under the sun, Marco Melandri was the fastest, lapping in 1.39.484, a time better than the one he set during the qualifying session for the Grand Prix…

Final times:

1. Marco Melandri (ITA/Honda) 1.39.484 (72 laps)

2. Toni Elias (ESP/Honda) 1.39.675 (59 laps)

3. Randy de Puniet (FRA/Kawasaki) 1.40.225 (82 laps)

4. Carlos Checa (ESP/Honda) 1.40.356 (62 laps)

5. Colin Edwards (USA/Yamaha) 1.41.755 (46 laps)

6. Olivier Jacque (FRA/Kawasaki) 1.41.908 (66 laps)

7. Makoto Tamada (JPN/Yamaha) 1.42.091 (60 laps)

8. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 1.42.348 (42 laps)

9. Nicky Hayden (USA/Honda) 1.42.562 (61 laps)

10. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA/Yamaha) 1.42.736 (54 laps)

11. Vittoriano Guareschi (ITA/Ducati) 1.44.780 (77 laps)