(Above) Alex
Criville hasn't
changed teams for
1999. The Spaniard
was back on his
Repsol Honda and
he ended the test
sinh on the lap
chart.
(Below) Alex Barros
managed to keep
his late-season
momentum from
last year going as
he rode the
MoviStar Honda to
the fourth-quickest
500cc lap.
(Left) Simon
Crafar rode ~he
•Red Bull-backed
Yamaha to the
100h-fastest time,
just fractions
slower than his
teammate Regis
Laconl.
(Below) World
Champion Loris
Capirossi has
taken his
number-one plate
to Honda for
1999. He ended
the test as the
fourth-fastest
250cc rider.
(Above) Mark Willis gave the brand-new, New Zealand·
, built BSL500 a shakedown. The bike completed several
laps, though Willis en~ up some eight seconds off
the pace.
times a
500cc
1, Mick Doohan
Repsa! Honda
1:32.197
2, Max Biagg;
Marlboro Yamaha
1:32.286
3. Norick Abe
Antena 3 Yamaha
1:32.422
4, Alex Barros
MoviStar Honda
1:32.726
5. Kenny Roberts Jr. .Suzuki
,
1:32.960
6, Alex Criville
Repsol Honda
t :32.999
7. Jean-Michel Bayle .Roberts Modenas
' ,1 :33.074
8. Carlos Checa
Marlboro Yamaha
, .1 :33.470
9. R.;gis Lacon!
Red Bull Yamaha
1:33.59t
10. Simon Crafar
Red Bull Yamaha
1:33.637
11. Tadayuki Okada ..Repsol Honda, _.. , , .. 1:33,666
12, Nobuatsu Aoki
Suzuki
1:33.945
13. Randy Mamola
,Roberts Modenas
.1 :35,021
14. Yukio Kagayama ..Suzuki
,1:35.760
15. Mike Hale
,Roberts Modenas
, ,1 :35,760
16. Mark Willis
.BSL500 .... ,
",' :40.422
17, Kenny Roberts Sr..Roberts Modenas
1:40,842
250cc
(Above) Mike Hale is hoping his efforts at Phillip Island earn him the second
seat on the Modenas team. Hale was only the 15th-quickest rider at the test,
and he ended up slower than test rider Randy Mamola.
(Left) Modenas test rider Randy Mamola wh~lies the KR-3.
1. Shinya Nakano ...Chesterfield Yamaha ,,1 :34.161
2. Olivier Jacque ." ,Chesterfield Yamaha ,1 :34,366
3. Tohru Ukawa . , , ..Shell Advance Honda .. 1:34,656
4. Loris Capiross;
Elf Honda ., .. ",
,1 :36,642
5. David Garcia .,
Antena 3 Yamaha. '
1:37.788
6. Alfonso Nieto
Antena 3 Yamaha
,1 :38.170
7. Anthony West ,
Shell Advance Honda .. 1:41 .787
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