"While Nakano battled the heat wave conditions his Kawasaki teammate, Olivier Jacque, was being treated in the Doha hospital and did not ride this afternoon.
Jacque was transferred to hospital after suffering a bruised left shoulder and neck strain when he fell in the morning free practice session.
Making his debut appearance at the Losail Circuit, Jacque ran straight on at the second-gear turn eight. Jacque's Ninja ZX-RR became unbalanced as he rode across the gravel trap and he fell at relatively low speed.
He returned to the track on his spare bike and finished 16th in the morning session, while still learning the convoluted 5.3 km Losail circuit. For the day Jacque finished 19th overall.
Before the second free practice session Jacque went to the Clinica Mobile for massage treatment, but did not have a full range of movement so was admitted to hospital. A member of the Clinica Mobile staff accompanied Jacque to hospital.
The Kawasaki team is awaiting a further medical report before assessing Jacque's condition
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« There are other international championships, 125, 250, Superbike, Supersports, but if you want to be THE world champion,
this is the one you have to win : 500cc MotoGP,
the fastest man, on the fastest bikes in the world ! »
1 N. Hayden (USA) Honda 2:01.212
2 S. Gibernau (ESP)Honda 2:01.243
3 M. Melandri (ITA)Honda 2:01.548
4 V. Rossi (ITA) Yamaha 2:01.602
5 K. Roberts (USA)Suzuki 2:01.810
6 C. Checa (ESP) Ducati 2:0.163
7 C. Edwards (USA)Yamaha 2:02.176
8 A. Elias (ESP) Yamaha 2:02.213
9 J. Hopkins (USA)Suzuki 2:02.383
10 L. Capirossi (ITA)Ducati 2:02.475
11 M. Biaggi (ITA) Honda 2:02.634
12 A. Barros (BRA) Honda 2:02.715
13 S. Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki 2:03.249
14 R. Rolfo (ITA)Ducati 2:03.909
15 R. Xaus (ESP)Yamaha 2:04.337
Elias a été devant toute la séance, ce qui laisse penser que sur ce circuit piègeux, glissant les pilotes gardent une marge de sécurité que Elias n'a pas, il fait son maximum comme à chaque course et la il est devant , à priori (mais je me trompe peu être) il devrait descendre dans le classement dés la QP.