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Red Bull Yamaha’s Garry McCoy recorded the fastest lap time during IRTA team testing at Valencia in Spain. Despite wind and rain during parts of the second day of the test, McCoy completed 30 laps and improved his best time to 1:34.557 on his Dunlop-equipped Yamaha YZR500. McCoy’s time is only 0.1-second slower than Max Biaggi’s pole time from the 2001 Grand Prix at Valencia. Biaggi finished day two with the third-fastest time.

Young American John Hopkins struggled as his crew worked through a test program, constantly changing the set-up on Hopkins’ YZR500.

Top times follow:

MotoGP
Garry McCoy, Yamaha YZR500, 1:34.557
Carlos Checa, Yamaha M1, 1:35.225
Max Biaggi, Yamaha M1, 1:35.341
Shinya Nakano, Yamaha YZR500, 1:35.774
Norick Abe, Yamaha YZR500, 1:35.908
John Kocinski, Yamaha M1, 1:36.173
Alex Barros, Honda NSR500, 1:36.202
Regis Laconi, Aprilia, 1:36.855
Jurgen van der Goorbergh, Honda NSR500, 1:37.331
Olivier Jacque, Yamaha YZR500, 1:37.599

250cc
Alfonso Nieto, Aprilia, 1:37.032
Casey Stoner, Aprilia, 1:37.670
Roberto Locatelli, Aprilia, 1:37.848
Randy De Puniet, Aprilia, 1:38.251
Sebastian Porto, Yamaha, 1:38.546