 Makoto Tamada meanwhile has also had a fantastic start, passing multiple riders from ninth to move up into fourth place.Capirossi and Melandri have swapped places, Melandri now being fifth and Capirossi sixth.At Turn 3, Capirossi then loses another place to John Hopkins and another one at the Castrol Omega (Turn 4) to a fast charging Rossi, demoting him to eighth place in just four corners.