• 1837 - Multimedia - Comprehensive interview with Nicky Hayden with the Repsol HRC man reflecting on his championship winning 2006 season and the trials and tribulations of the 2007 season and what he looks forward to in 2008. The file is Windows Movie Format and runs for nearly eight minutes, it is an 18MB Download (Right click and select 'save target as' to download before playing)
• 1827 - Video with Nicky Hayden uploading now. It is 640x360 pixel Windows Movie that will be an 18MB download and runs for nearly eight minutes
• 1819 - Provisional Results from 125 Race Three

• 1817 - Hang around half an hour if you can as we have a great video interview with Nicky Hayden to upload. It covers his 2006 championship winning season and the trials and frustrations of the season 2007
• 1815 - Galvin the winner by 0.07 seconds, Sutherland 5.9 seconds behind in third place.
• 1811 - Still Galvin and Metcher trading blows and running 3.5 seconds ahead of Sutherland who is a country mile ahead of fourth placed Jake Horne who is followed by Ben Burke, Mark Wilkinson and Robert Humphreys
• 1808 - Brad Gross just rolled to a stop while running a good third place ahead of Sutherland and Horne. The battle for the win between Galvin and Metcher continues unabated with the pair regularly trading places, three laps to run...
• 1804 - 125 GP race underway now and Galvin tussling up front with Jed Metcher and this pair are leaving the others in their wake. Sutherland in third ahead of Gross, Burke, Campbell, Wilkinson and Horne
• 1754 - Provisional Results from Superbike Race three - Coxhell the overall event winner with 67 points, Giles 62 for a Suzuki 1-2 overall. Holland third overall

• 1751 - Coxhell the winner, Giles second, Holland third and Staring pips Jamie Stauffer to take fourth position. Johnson sixth then Dan, Allerton, Maxwell, Charlton
• 1750 - Coxhell through cleanly, holds a good advantage through Siberia... Passing lappers like they are standing still... Coxhell will do it...
• 1749 - Staring challenging Jamie for fourth place now... Still a Suzuki 1-2 up front... Staring up to fourth...  Last lap board now.. Can Coxhell hold on or will Gilesy get the better of him...?  More lapped traffic!  It's a suburban road out there at the minute!
• 1747 - Coxhell edging away now with three laps to run... Holland now has Gilesy and Stauffer on his tail...  Gilesy pulls alongside Holland as they straighten out of 12.. And Gilesy takes second place into turn one...  Coxhell leads by just over half a second but still only a second covering the top four... Lappers coming into play now... Coxhell dealt with them best earlier today, will his luck hold out this time around also...?
• 1746 - Gilesy blasts past Jamie down the straight to take third position into turn one... Staring lost a lot of ground through some sort of mistake on that lap and is now more than a second behind fourth placed Jamie Stauffer...  Coxhell breaking away now...
• 1745 - Staring coming with them also, the top five closing up considerably now. Only just over a second covers the whole top five...
• 1744 - Coxhell through to the lead at MG, Holland on his tail through 11, Suzuki gets great squirt out of 11 before tipping down again for 12... Coxhell leads across the stripe and continues to hold sway through turns 1/2/3 but this pair now being caught by Jamie and Shawn...  Four laps to run...
• 1742 - Coxhell closes back up on Holland, right up his clacker through Siberia but Holland hooks up well for great drive through the Hayshed.  Coxhell gains again across Lukey but can't challenge at MG.  He is close this time through turn 11 though, chasing the tail of the Honda through 12.... Down the chute they go and Coxhell takes the inside line in one but Holland still has his nose in front and sweeps across to take the line and hold the lead... Coxhell holds it tight out of two while Holland runs right out to the ripple strip... Coxhell looking tidy in this one... Follows Holland through Siberia and this pair seem to be edging away from Jamie now...
• 1741 - Dan Stauffer not far behind the top five and now closing on Staring.. I suspect Dan might have been the fastest man on lap two... We will see.... Across the stripe they go and no it is Holland the quickest man wit ha 33.42 to eke out half a second on Coxhell who in turn has half a second on Jamie
• 1740 - Lap two and Holland holds sway over Coxhell, Jamie still third while Gilesy has got the better of Staring for fourth.
• 1738 - Superbikes away! Coxhell leads them into turn one buoyed by form in the previous race. Holland on his tail ahead of Jamie, Bryan and Shawn.  Holland through to the lead at four and leads Coxhell through Siberia. Jamie still in third place ahead of Staring and Giles.  Holland still leads through MG, Coxhell follows him through turns 11 and 12, gains a little on the run into 12... Down the chute they go but Holland gets good drive and Coxhell not in a position to challenge
• 1734 - Last of this weekend's three Aussie Superbike races up next...
• 1730 - Provisional Results for Supersport Race Three

• 1723 - Race declared after six of eight laps so I believe Staring will get the win by 0.024 of a second over Jamie Stauffer. Holland third followed by Charlton, O'Halloran, Waters, Johnson, Crowe, Maxwell, Seaton, Hay, Trounson, Keevers, Curran, Quinn, Casella. Believe Jamie will win the Supersport overall with 70 points to Staring's 62, O'Halloran's 53 and Holland's 52 but things very provisional at this stage
• 1722 - Okay the red flag came out due to a rider suffering a huge tumble into turn one after touching another rider. Medical staff quickly on the scene and I don't believe the rider is any danger but will be various shades of the rainbow that's for sure
• 1719 - Bryan still holds sway at the front but Jamie all over the back of him and has the inside line into turn one this time around and takes the lead with two laps to run.  Bryan tries to get him back at two but can't manage it, Holland closing in on him now too... The leading trio tightening up now at the business end of the race, Bryan underneath Jamie at MG in a fantastic move which spoiled Jamie's drive out and thus gives Bryan the advantage through turn 11... Jamie slipstreams down the chute though and squeezes past... Hold on red flag is out, that means we will go back a lap... Not sure why the red flag is out.... Big accident somewhere...
• 1718 - Waters, Johnson and O'Halloran having a heady tussle over fifth position some six seconds behinds the leaders and three seconds behind fourth placed Charlton
• 1717 - Jamie just lowered the lap record again with a 36.03 a couple of laps earlier but Holland the quickest man on that last lap with a 36.2 to gain half a second on the leading duo... Four laps to run
• 1716 - Bryan all over the back of Jamie through turns 11 and 12, up his clacker down the chute, alongside into turn one but takes the inside line and the lead, holds onto it through turn two and three. Jamie right behind though...
• 1715 - Jamie into the lead between turns one and two, holds it through three and into four... Still Jamie through Siberia but he isn't getting away.
• 1714 - Charlton back ahead of Holland in third place now, that battle unfolding 1.4 seconds behind the leading duo.  Bryan Staring just set a new Aussie Supersport race lap record with a 36.28 to Staring's 36.46 but Staring still holds sway at the front.
• 1713 - Staring back into the lead at turn four, holds on to it through Siberia.  Scott Charlton is tussling with Russell Holland over third position. Holland up the inside of Charlton at MG for third place. Staring leads onto the main straight, Jamie in his slipstream but fails to take the lead this time around
• 1712 - Jamie takes the lead from Staring down the straight to start lap two
• 1711 - Staring leads through Siberia ahead of Jamie Stauffer and Scott Charlton has jumped on a 600 to be in third!
• 1710 - Supersport men are away!  Staring leads in to turn one from a gaggle of Yamahas and teammate Holland
• 1659 - Supersport Race 3 up next
• 1654 - Superbike Race Provisional Results

• 1650 - Coxhell slides around 11 and 12 for the last time to take a brilliant win and showing form that he hopes will carry him into the 2008 Aussie Superbike season. Holland a fighting second place with a remarkable 33.83 to his credit for the fastest lap of the race, Staring third, Giles fourth, Jamie fifth then it was Charlton, Johnson, Allerton, Dan Stauffer, Maxwell, Etheridge, Gibson, Whiteley, Tozer, McKay, Williams, Taylor, Odgers, Domashcenz, Epis, Clarke
• 1649 - Coxhell gets the last lap board with a full second on Holland this time around who in turn has 7-tenths on Staring who is closely followed by Jamie Stauffer and Shawn Giles. Shannon Johnson has lost a lot of ground and is back in sixth place ahead of Charlton and Allerton. Dan Stauffer ninth ahead of Maxwell, Etheridge, Gibson, Tozer
• 1648 - The top five closing up again now and lapped traffic starting to become an issue, Coxhell forced to go around the outside of a lapper at Siberia... Jamie messed up by a lapper through the Hayshed... A pity that lappers could spoil the fight...
• 1647 - Holland on Coxhell across Lukey, on his tail into turn 11, how much mumbo can the Honda muster down the straight.... Not enough but it's not shy of ponies either as Holland crossed the line to start the penultimate lap less than 2-tenths behind Coxhell...
• 1646 - Coxhell and Holland both with 34.3s that time around while the others slowed a little. Coxhell led by 7-tenths across the line but the other guys make up a little ground on the tighter sections of the circuit... Far from over yet, three laps to run
• 1645 - The Honda men won't leave Jamie alone and this could help Coxhell..  Jamie wide at Siberia that time, both Hondas take advantage of the mistake to push him back to fourth. Holland closing on Coxhell now... But they are coming through 11 and 12 and that Suzuki will make ground through that fast section and onto the straight...
• 1645 - Coxhell makes ground through 11 and 12, that Suzuki motor is phenomenal but Coxhell has the balls to use it... Jamie up to second now, Staring and Holland right on his tail, Gilesy losing touch with them a little now...
• 1644 - Jamie a little wide at turn four and Holland nearly pounced, the Honda man also put in a 34.1 on that previous lap... Coxhell, Staring, Jamie, Holland, Giles the top five and all covered by only a second with five lap to run
• 1643 - A 34.10 to Jamie and he is closing on Staring and Coxhell now. Holland and Giles are coming with him also so this is far from over
• 1642 - Coxhell giving his Dunlops a hard time out of Siberia and the Hayshed, Staring also moving around.  Jamie is looming large, has dispensed with Giles and Johnson and is now up to third, this will be a cracker lap time from the Yamaha man
• 1640 - Johnson gets a great run through the back of the circuit and moves back up to third, up front though it is Coxhell and Staring.. The Suzuki motors away a little down the straight but Staring still right with him and this pair are breaking away. A 34.2 to Coxhell on lap tow and a 34.6 to Staring. Jamie Stauffer in fifth but coming on normal...
• 1639 - Down the straight they comes and Staring leads, Coxhell takes Giles and Johnson to move up to second place and on Staring's tail through turn three.  Staring untidy out of three, Coxhell takes him on the run to four and leads Staring through Siberia...
• 1638 - Still Johnson from Staring as they climb around Lukey Heights, Staring up the inside at MG and leads through turn 12
• 1637 - Superbikes away, a Honda leading in to turn one but then a Kawasaki slots through in turn two and leads them through turn three. Johnson the man in the lead I believe from Staring, Gilesy moves up to third at turn four, Coxhell fourth
• 1636 - On their warm up lap now...
• 1633 - Aussie Superbikes will be underway shortly, they are assembling now prior to their warm up lap...
• 1625 - Doohan, Magee and Beattie doing some demo laps for the crowd then it will be the Aussie Superbike boys turn to have some fun
• 1602 - All times from all GP sessions today - After a break the Aussie Superbikes are scheduled to hit the track around 1640
• 1558 - 250cc Final Qualifying

1. Lorenzo 32.88
2. Barbera 33.77
3. Bautista 33.82
4. De Angelis 33.82
5. Simoncelli 33.85
6. Aoyama H 33.93
7. Dovizioso 34.15
8. Luthi 34.18
9. Simon 34.29
10. Aoyama S 34.41
11. Kallio 34.52
12. Takahashi 34.99
13. Locatelli 35.37
14. Espargaro 35.78
15. Cluzel 35.86
16. Lai 35.90
17. Heidolf 36.23
18. Toth 36.46
19. Baldolini 38.27
20. Vazquez 36.84
21. Abraham 37.07
22. Sekiguchi 37.10
23. Wilairot 37.37
24. Laverty 37.47
25. Sandi 37.62
26. Chow 38.98

• 1518 - Top Speeds in the MotoGP Qualifying Session

1. Stoner 319
2. Pedrosa 315
3. Barros 314
4. Davies 313
5. De Puniet 312
6. Capirossi 312
7. West 311
8. Hayden 311
9. Rossi 311
10. Melandri 310
11. Vermeulen 306
12. Hopkins 305
13. Elias 305
14. Edwards 305
15. Tamada 305
16. Guintoli 305
17. Nakano 303
18. Checa 302
19. Roberts 300

• 1453 - MotoGP Qualifying

1. Pedrosa 29.20
2. Rossi 29.41
3. Stoner 29.81
4. Hayden 29.93
5. Capirossi 30.09
6. De Puniet 30.11
7. Barros 30.32
8. Nakano 30.61
9. Guintoli 30.62
10. West 30.64
11. Edwards 30.67
12. Melandri 31.07
13. Checa 31.20
14. Hopkins 31.38
15. Tamada 31.59
16. Vermeulen 31.81
17. Davies 32.04
18. Elias 32.44
19. Roberts 32.94

• 1451 - Stoner did not bother going out again and will start from third place on the grid behind second placed Rossi and pole sitter Pedrosa.  Rossi failed to improve on his last lap.  Heading the second row is Hayden on 29.93 ahead of Capirossi and De Puniet.  Thus we have two Michelin men on the front row with the Honda of Pedrosa and Yamaha of Rossi and the first Bridgestone man Stoner rounding out the front row
• 1450 - Hopkins on a good lap and promotes himself from 16th place to....14th place with a 31.38.  The Suzuki men not having a good day, both riders putting in more than 25 laps but managing only 14th and 16th on the grid, a disappointing day for Suzuki fans
• 1449 - Rossi exits pitlane with 40 seconds left on the timers, he will get a chance to warm things up through the back section and receive the chequered flag to signal his last flying lap of the day...
• 1448 - Hayden moves from seventh place and 30.40 to a 29.93 and fourth aplce... Stoner still yet to go out, it is perhaps looking as though he might not bother and hope nobody knocks him out of third position and thus shifts him back to the second row...
• 1447 - Capirossi moves from sixth to fourth with a 30.09.  Still only Pedrosa, Rossi and Stoner to dip into the 29s... Stoner getting his tyre warmers removed now for another crack at the top... two minutes remaining...
• 1446 - Most of the field on out laps now, Hayden, Tamada, Checa, West, Hopkins, Melandri, De Puniet, Nakano, Davies...
• 1445 - Rossi on a quick one, under Pedrosa at first split... 0.01 behind at third split.... A wiggle onto the straight and crosses the line with a 29.41 to move up to second
• 1444 - Pedrosa the danger man now... The Spaniard quickest at the first split, quicker again at second split... The Spaniard to the top of the charts with a 29.20!  Five minutes remaining... Are we going to see the first ever 28 second lap of the Island here this afternoon!
• 1443 - Stoner on a quick one... This will be a new fastest time... A 29.81 to the Aussie to sit atop the charts once again. Rossi on an out lap with a new rear slick though...
• 1442 - Rossi just came in for a new rear bag and about to head out again. Checa moves from 15th to 12th with a 31.20
• 1441 - Hayden on a good lap and will improve but won't threaten the top men yet... Hayden up to sixth with a 30.40
• 1440 - Rossi on a good lap now...Under at second and third splits.... Rossi goes from fifth to the top with a 29.991, besting Stoner by 7 thousandths of a second while the Australian sits in the pits.  Stoner has 19 laps under his belt in this session, Rossi 23, De Puniet 22, Pedrosa 23,  Capirossi 23, West 22, Edwards 17
• 1439 - Both Repsol HRC men out now.. Hayden on an out lap, Pedrosa on his second lap out
• 1438 - Davies just headed up the escape road at turn four after running in a little too deep
• 1437 - Guintoli on a good lap, out of the blue... On a good pace at the splits... Might have slotted in a qualifier... Moves up to seventh place with a 31.06
• 1436 - 13 minutes to run and only four riders currently circulating
• 1435 - Pedrosa on an out lap. The Spaniard currently ninth quickest. Stoner just returned to pitlane and is talking to his technicians. His gesturing appeared to indicate he may have been having a little chatter
• 1434 - Edwards on a good lap... Up to sixth now with a 30.67
• 1433 - 17 minutes remaining. Rossi just came into the pits, also in the pits is De Puniet, Hopkins, Elias, Pedrosa, Guintoli, Capirossi, Roberts.  On out laps are Tamada, Checa and Vermeulen
• 1432 - A good lap from Westy although it did look a little wide out of MG but he betters his time with a 30.64 to rank fifth
• 1431 - Stoner out and going quick again... Westy on a flyer... If he holds it together through the latter half of this lap he will improve his standing....
• 1430 - Barros having a crack now... The Brazilian up to tenth with a 31.15
• 1429 - De Puniet was a couple of tenths under Stoner's best time at the third split but lost a little time in the final sector to cross the line with a 30.2 thus doesn't improve his standing...
• 1428 - Rossi out on track and having a go. A 31.5 that time around but he might be setting up for a crack at a good one. De Puniet out and on the pace again... He is under Stoner at the second split....
• 1425 - Edwards on a good lap... The Texan up to sixth with a 31.05.  The Suzuki men making no progress, Hopkins's best has him 12th and that was on the fourth of his 14 laps thus far. Vermeulen's best sees him 16th on the 15th of his 18 laps...
• 1424 - West up to fifth with a 30.72 to push Melandri back to sixth.  The current order is Stoner, De Puniet, Capirossi, Rossi, West, Melandri, Pedrosa, Barros, Guintoli, Hayden, Hopkins, Checa, Edwards, Elias, Tamada, Vermeulen, Nakano, Davies, Roberts
• 1423 - Stoner in the pits, as is Tamada, De Puniet, Hopkins, Elias, Melandri, Davies and Vermeulen.  Westy on a good lap...
• 1421 - Westy seems to be struggling this afternoon, slipping to tenth place. Suzuki men Hopkins and Vermeulen a long way off the pace
• 1420 - De Puniet splits the Ducatis with a 30.11 on his 15th lap.
• 1418 - Pedrosa on a flyer now, looking to improve on his current seventh place but this won't be quick enough to threaten the top two Ducati men. The Spaniard improves to sixth, just a thousandth off fifth placed De Puniet who himself is now on a cracker of a lap and will improve....Or crash trying...
• 1416 - Melandri on a quick one and might improve his order but will not threaten the top men with this lap... A 31.07 to the Italian to sit behind Rossi in fourth place with just over half an hour to run in this one and only qualifying session
• 1413 - Vermeulen out and circulating but currently three seconds off the top man
• 1411 - Rossi on a flyer... Line ball with Stoner's top time at the second split... A 30.55 to Rossi to move up to third in the rankings behind Capirossi and quickest man Stoner. Stoner on an
•  1410 - Vermeulen on an out lap. Riders currently in the pits include Barros, Edwards, Tamada, Hopkins, Elias, Pedrosa, Stoner, Melandri and Davies
• 1408 - Nakano on the Konica Minolta Honda just narrowly avoided being sent into orbit when his machine went luridly sideways before Siberia
• 1407 - Stoner just dipped into the 29s, a 29.99 to go to the top of the charts
• 1406 - Melandri out now and looking to move up the order from his current eighth ranking... Stoner on a flyer.....
• 1405 - Pedrosa making some progress now, the diminutive brooding Spaniard up to fourth with a 31.22 to push Stoner down to fifth
• 1403 - Elias, Hayden, Barros, De Puniet, Stoner and Guintoli all on out laps after coming in for some changes
• 1402 - Capirossi to the top of the charts with a 30.32...
• 1400 - Pedrosa's Honda still really waggling its tail around 11. The Spaniard currently tenth and riding damn hard just to be in that position. This sessions is the only one thus far where his Repsol teammate has been quicker than him, Hayden liking things this afternoon much more and currently fifth quickest with a 31.49.  The American of course the qualifying lap record holder here
• 1359 - Barros up to second with a 31.18.  Rossi on a quicker one but it won't be good enough to top the charts.. Rossi up to sixth with a 31.65
• 1358 - The top nine all in the 31s now. De Puniet, Stoner, Capirossi, Barros, Melandri, Rossi, West, Hopkins, Hayden the order of that top nine
• 1357 - A 31.11 to De Puniet now, West fourth on 31.8. The Kawasaki machines performing well here all weekend. A 31.4 to Stoner to move up to second quickest
• 1356 - Stoner on a quick one now...
• 1355 - Capirossi and West into the 31s. A 31.4 to Capirossi and 31.8 to West
• 1354 - De Puniet straight down to 32s along with Stoner, West, Capirossi and Barros th early top five
• 1350 - Pitlane open now and the 800s are cackling their way onto the Phillip Island circuit
• 1344 - MotoGP Qualifying set to get underway at 1350 - Sound of bikes being warmed up reverberating around the paddock right now
• 1340 - 125cc Combined Qualifying

1. Pasini 38.07
2. De Rosa 38.10
3. Pesek 38.10
4. Koyama 38.38
5. Corsi 38.52
6. Faubel 38.58
7. Gadea 38.97
8. Olive 38.97
9. Talmacsi 39.13 (QP1)
10. Cortese 39.18
11. Rabat 39.35
12. Di Meglio 39.47
13. Smith 39.69
14. Zanetti 39.70 (QP1)
15. Ranseder 39.75 (QP1)
16. Nieto 39.77
17. Espargaro 39.79
18. Bonsey 39.94
19. Terol 39.98
20. Krummenacher 40.30
21. Masbou 40.37
22. Iannone 40.42
23. Litjens 40.54
24. Grotzkyj

• 1225 - We are going to take a little break now, back in action around 1325
• 1222 - All results from this morning
• 1217 - 250cc Free Practice 2

1. Lorenzo 33.31
2. Simon 34.34
3. Barbera 34.52
4. Bautista 34.53
5. Luthi 34.66
6. Dovizioso 34.72
7. Kallio 34.86
8. De Angelis 34.87
9. Aoyama H 35.01
10. Simoncelli 35.05
11. Lai 35.41
12. Aoyama S 35.57
13. Cluzel 36.08
14. Takahashi 36.19
15. Locatelli 36.29
16. Espargaro 36.61
17. Toth 36.73
18. Abraham 36.97
19. Heidolf 37.00
20. Wilairot 37.19
21. Vazquez 37.87
22. Baldolini 38.05
23. Sandi 38.14
24. Sekiguchi 38.81
25. Laverty 39.23
26. Chow 40.76

• 1214 - The clouds are starting to turn darker again so I will not be at all surprised if we do not have some more showers this afternoon but hopefully not so we can see some cracking times put down by the MotoGP boys
• 1213 - This 250cc session winding down now and still Lorenzo on top by a country mile
• 1204 - 33.31 to Lorenzo now, 10 minutes still left in this session and he is 1.2 seconds clear of the next best, Barbera on 34.52. Is the MotoGP world going to be ready for Lorenzo when he joins Rossi at Yamaha next year?  Will the young upstart do the unthinkable and show up Rossi...? 
• 1158 - Of course for most Australians this weekend it is the first chances to actually hear themselves the sound of the new 800s screaming down the straight but I must say I think most will be disappointed. It is ear achingly loud that's for sure but not the savage high revving note I had hoped for.
• 1155 - The track and conditions certainly improving now. Lorenzo down to 33.55 on his 14th lap of 16 thus far. Just under 20 minutes to run in this session
• 1150 - After the completion of the 250cc practice session the Ducati two seater will take some VIP rides while those spectators that have bought a pit walk pass will enjoy a closer look at the GP paddock. At 1305 the bikes will hit the track again for the 125cc final qualifier followed by MotoGP qualifying from 1350-1450
• 1144 - Lorenzo down to a 34.2 now with half an hour still left in this 250cc practice session
• 1142 - And for the 70kg 125cc tiddlers that have a piston the size of the one in a good whipper snipper... Try 243.24 km/h on for size... That incredible number 243.24 km/h recorded by Lucio Cecchinello in 2002
• 1141 - And how fast can a two-stroke with pistons the size of your lawnmower get down the straight here at Phillip Island? Thus far today the 250cc machines are broaching 270km/h however the record speed for a 250cc machine is 279.86km/h set by Melandri in 2002 onboard an Aprilia
• 1139 - This afternoon the MotoGP qualifying record to beat is the astonishing 29.02 set by Hayden last year, only a whisker off the first ever 28 seconds lap of the Island. The race lap record however belongs to Melandri with a 30.33 recorded in 2005. The best top speed seen at the Island from a MotoGP bike came in 2005 aboard a Ducati when the Spaniard clocked 333.43 km/h.  Those times of course all set on the previous 990cc bikes while this year we have a 20% smaller capacity to work with as 2007 rules dictate engines of only 800cc in size are allowed
• 1136 - In this 250cc practice session Lorenzo has now lowered the bar to 34.40. The 250cc race fastest lap record is a 33.38 set by Porto in 2004. The qualifying record is a 32.09 set by Porto the same year which is also the fastest 250cc lap ever recorded at the Island
• 1134 - Top Speeds from Free Practice 3

1. Stoner 320.6 - Ducati
2. Pedrosa 318.8 - Honda
3. Barros 316.8 - Ducati
4. De Puniet 315.8 - Kawasaki
5. West 315.1 - Kawasaki
6. Davies 315.0 - Ducati
7. Capirossi 314.7 - Ducati
8. Vermeulen 313.3 - Suzuki
9. Melandri 312.7 - Honda
10. Rossi 312.2 - Yamaha
11. Hayden 311.0 - Honda
12. Hopkins 310.1 - Suzuki
13. Edwards 309.3 - Yamaha
14. Tamada 308.6 - Yamaha
15. Elias 308.3 - Honda
16. Nakano 306.4 - Honda
17. Checa 306.4 - Honda
18. Guintoli 305.6 - Yamaha
19. Roberts 303.1 - KR

• 1131 - The Friday crowd figure of 27,258 easily eclipses the previous Friday best set in 1998, the year Doohan won the last of his five consecutive titles
• 1128 - Track is starting to clean up a little now. Barbera just did a 34.5 on his 250 on his sixth lap of this 250cc Free Practice session
• 1122 - In town traffic is crazy, getting into the track is crazy and if you are heading down I thoroughly recommend using two wheels as your transport. Sun is peeking through clouds right now and those clouds aren't quite as dark and gloomy as they were before so it is 'possible' we could have a dry qualifying session this afternoon. But then this is Phillip Island so I guess it could also decide to snow between here and the next hour....
• 1120 - Organisers are claiming a record crowd for yesterday and I am inclined to agree with them. Official figures put the count at 27,258 which for a Friday crowd at a place that is in the middle of nowhere and suffering under diabolical weather conditions is really quite a feat.
• 1115 - If you haven't tested your Australian GP knowledge with our quiz, how about giving it a crack now, click here for the quiz
• 1109 - Stoner had an off in that session which was a little nasty. He got thrown over the highside at relatively low speed but he would have still felt the impact. The track looks dry but obviously still in a dodgy state as most riders are struggling to get power down. Pedrosa had so many near launches it wasn't funny
• 1105 - Here are all the team reports from yesterday - Dorna - Ducati - HRC - Kawasaki - Suzuki - Yamaha - Bridgestone
• 1101 - MotoGP Free Practice 3

1. Stoner 31.45
2. De Puniet 31.68
3. Pedrosa 32.05
4. Barros 31.16
5. Capirossi 32.17
6. Rossi 32.31
7. Melandri 32.52
8. Hopkins 32.81
9. West 32.94
10. Edwards 33.09
11. Elias 33.27
12. Hayden 33.49
13. Vermeulen 33.73
14. Guintoli 33.77
15. Checa 33.93
16. Nakano 34.27
17. Davies 34.28
18. Roberts 34.40
19. Tamada 34.56

• 1100 - Many riders stopping at turn 3 on their cool down lap for a practice start
• 1100 - Time has run out now so riders on final flying lap... Stoner on top with a 31.45 ahead of De Puniet (31.68) and Pedrosa (32.05)
• 1059 - MotoGP Free Practice for this morning wrapping up shortly. Stoner went to the top of the charts on what was a dry but still a little slippery track. De Puniet has been normal all morning and Pedrosa is riding the wheels of the Honda, looks to be struggling with rear grip or rear suspension but he looks to be trying the hardest for his times.

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