Biaggi on pole in Valencia

If they weren’t already ruing their dismissal of Max Biaggi in August Yamaha bosses must certainly be kicking themselves hard now after the mercurial Italian slotted his M1 on pole in Valencia today.

And Garry McCoy stuck on a soft tyre to flatter the two-strokes with a final front-row start before they’re moth-balled.

1)M Biaggi 2) A Barros 3)D Kato 4)G McCoy 5)C Checa 6)V Rossi 7)T Ukawa 8)J McWilliams 9)S Nakano 10)S Gibernau 11)O Jacque 12)L Capirossi 13)R Laconi 14)K Roberts 15)J van de Goorbergh 16)N Aoki 17)J Hopkins 18)A Pitt 19)D Garcia 20)N Abe 21)JL Cardoso 22)T Harada