Honda’s Valentino Rossi turned the quickest lap and reached the highest top speed during the first 500cc qualifying session for the Gran Premio Cinzano d’Italia, at Mugello, Italy Friday.

Rossi’s quickest lap was a 1:52.838 and his bike reached 305.9 kph (190 mph). The second-quickest rider was Kenny Roberts at 1:53.151 but his bike was only eighth-fastest at 299.9 kph (186.357 mph).

Fastest laps and top speeds follow:

1. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Honda, 1:52.838
2. Kenny Roberts, USA, Suzuki, 1:53.151
3. Alex Barros, Brasil, Honda, 1:53.694
4. Loris Capirossi, Italy, Honda, 1:53.842
5. Norick Abe, Japan, Yamaha, 1:54.247
6. Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 1:54.247
7. Shinya Nakano, Japan, Yamaha, 1:54.411
8. Max Biaggi, Italy, Yamaha, 1:54.946
9. Alex Criville, Spain, Honda, 1:54.946
10. Sete Gibernau, Spain, Suzuki, 1:55.140
11. Tohru Ukawa, Japan, Honda, 1:55.242
12. Carlos Checa, Spain, Yamaha, 1:55.568
13. Jurgen v.d. Goorbergh, Holland, Proton, 1:55.568
14. Chris Walker, GB, Honda, 1:55.910
15. Jose Luis Cardoso, Spain, Yamaha, 1:56.415
16. Haruchika Aoki, Japan, Honda, 1:57.060
17. Jason Vincent, GB, Pulse, 1:57.099
18. Johan Stigefelt, Sweden, Sabre, 1:59.341

(Did not qualify under 107% of pole time, or 2:00.736)
Barry Veneman, Holland, Honda, 2:00.953
Anthony West, Australia, Honda, 2:01.275
Vladimir Castka, Slovakia, Paton, 2:12.261
Mark Willis, Australia, Pulse, 2:27.539




Top Speeds:
1. Rossi, 305.9 kph
2. Ukawa, 304.8 kph
3. Capirossi, 303.8 kph
4. Biaggi, 302.7 kph
5. Criville, 302.7 kph
6. Haga, 301.3 kph
7. Gibernau, 301.1 kph
8. Roberts, 299.9 kph
9. Walker, 299.8 kph
10. Checa, 299.0 kph
11. Abe, 298.7 kph
12. Nakano, 298.5 kph
13. Barros, 297.4 kph
14. Cardoso, 296.1 kph
15. v.d. Goorbergh, 289.8 kph
16. Stigefelt, 286.9 kph
17. Vincent, 285.4 kph
18. Aoki, 278.8 kph
19. Veneman, 272.9 kph
20. West, 269.7 kph
21. Castka, 266.5 kph
22. Willis, 248.6 kph