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Hopkins: I rode like a sissy!
"I made a big mistake coming onto my last lap and that cost me a few tenths. I lost the rear really bad and I rode like a sissy just after it happened!" smiled Hopper. "We could have had the front row, but now the plan is to get a good start and make sure we are in contention straight away!"
Hopkins up front and `chasing podium`.
Fresh from his best ever MotoGP performance last Sunday in Shanghai, Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins again held fourth at the end of day one in Le Mans - and is chasing a debut podium on Sunday.
Vermeulen pole completes Suzuki turnaround.
MotoGP rookie Chris Vermeulen exploited treacherously wet conditions at Istanbul to secure a shock debut pole position ahead of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix - and complete a dream turnaround for Rizla Suzuki.