Max Biaggi’s qualifying time from Friday held up despite several other riders going faster in Saturday’s final 500cc qualifying session for the Czech Grand Priz at Brno. Biaggi is on pole, along with Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi and Jurgen van den Goorbergh.
500cc Grid
1. Max Biaggi, Italy, Yamaha, 2:00.347
2. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Honda, 2:00.503
3. Loris Capirossi, Italy, Honda, 2:00.675
4. Jurgen van den Goorbergh, Holland, Proton, 2:00.949
5. Garry McCoy, Australia, Yamaha, 2:01.092
6. Kenny Roberts, USA, Suzuki, 2:01.142
7. Carlos Checa, Spain, Yamaha, 2:01.265
8. Alex Criville, Spain, Honda, 2:01.421
9. Alex Barros, Brazil, Honda, 2:01.452
10. Sete Gibernau, Spain, Suzuki, 2:01.486
11. Norick Abe, Japan, Yamaha, 2:01.755
12. Olivier Jacque, France, Yamaha, 2:01.764
13. Tohru Ukawa, Japan, Honda, 2:02.109
14. Jose Luis Cardoso, Spain, Yamaha, 2:02.802
15. Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 2:02.823
16. Shinya Nakano, Japan, Yamaha, 2:03.137
17. Leon Haslam, Great Britain, Honda, 2:03.410
18. Haruchika Aoki, Japan, Honda, 2:04.068
19. Anthony West, Australia, Honda, 2:04.147
20. Johan Stigefelt, Sabre, 2:06.105
21. Brendan Clarke, Australia, Honda, 2:06.231
250cc Grid
1. Tetsuya Harada, Aprilia, 2:02.953
2. Daijiro Katoh, Honda, 2:03.724
3. Jeremy McWilliams, Aprilia, 2:04.119
4. Marco Melandri, Aprilia, 2:04.225
5. Fonso Nieto, Aprilia, 2:04.258
6. Emilio Alzamora, Honda, 2:04.531
7. Alex Debon, Aprilia, 2:04.623
8. Sebastian Porto, Yamaha, 2:04.625
9. Roberto Locatelli, Aprilia, 2:04.747
10. Randy de Puniet, Aprilia, 2:04.785
11. Roberto Rolfo, Aprilia, 2:04.827
12. Franco Battaini, Aprilia, 2:05.040
13. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha, 2:05.193
14. Luca Boscoscuro, Aprilia, 2:05.320
15. Taro Sekiguchi, Yamaha, 2:05.569
31. Jason DiSalvo, Honda, 2:09.619
125cc Grid
1. Toni Elias, Honda, 2:09.062
2. Youichi Ui, Derbi, 2:09.174
3. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia, 2:09.245
4. Simone Sanna, Aprilia, 2:09.314
5. Jakub Smrz, Honda, 2:09.487
6. Steve Jenkner, Aprilia, 2:09.831
7. Nobby Ueda, Honda, 2:09.877
8. Gabor Talmacsi, Honda, 2:09.952
9. Max Sabbatani, Aprilia, 2:09.971
10. Jaroslav Hules, Honda, 2:10.006