Free Practice – Istanbul Park Circuit - Turkey (GMT+3)
DEBUT ON THE TURKISH TRACK FOR THE PRAMAC D’ANTIN
MOTOGP RIDERS
 Good
weather conditions, despite some wind, during the first free
practice day in Turkey. The two PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP
riders discovered the Istanbul Park Circuit this Friday, a
track they never had seen before. After a careful study of
the trajectories to make, both the riders concentrated themselves
on the definition of the ideal set-up for their DUCATI DESMOSEDICI
GP06 “Sat.” The German ALEX HOFMANN obtained the
18th time while the Spanish JOSE LUIS CARDOSO classified himself
19th. They both are motivated and tomorrow they will have
another free practice session at their disposal before taking
part to the single qualifying session reserved to the MotoGP
class riders, at 2 p.m. (GMT+3).
ALEX HOFMANN #66 (18th - 1’57’’467):
“It was my first time on this circuit, I must
say that it was constructed very well, there are corners of
every type, up-and-downs, and slow and fast parts as well;
on the riding side, you really enjoy it a lot! The weather
was also nice today, there was some wind but not as much as
in Qatar, so we’re used to these conditions. About the
set-up, we received some new tyres made for our motorcycle
and they satisfied us more. The fact is that, with more grip
on the rear, we must completely review the set-up of the bike,
we must work to find a good balance between the front and
the rear. Anyway, to know in which direction we need to work
is surely a positive thing. Tomorrow we will make the maximum
to find the solutions that will allow us to face the Sunday
race in the best manner”.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30 (19th - 1’58’’007):
“We made a lot of test on the tyres: on the front we
continue to have quite good sensations but we still need to
find a rear tyre more adapted. This circuit is difficult but
I like it, there are a lot of blind corners and the track
is really nice. The last part is quite complicated but it’s
alright, this is the same thing for everybody. I want to concentrate
myself on the set-up of the bike to obtain a good result,
the whole Team deserves it and tomorrow we will work for this”.
ANDRE LAUGIER – Track Engineer of Jose Luis
Cardoso: “We received new tyres and tested
a part of them today, without particularly positive results
for Cardoso, while there were small improvements for Hofmann.
Tomorrow we will make the last test to define the final set-up
for the race. Anyway both our riders ride in a different way
and this makes us doing different choices with the tyres as
well”.
1. Nicky Hayden 1’53’’623; 2. Casey Stoner
1’53’’861; 3. Marco Melandri 1’53’’971;
4. Daniel Pedrosa 1’54’’001; 5. Toni Elias
1’54’’022; 6. Colin Edwards 1’54’’042;
7. Loris Capirossi 1’54’’055; 8. John Hopkins
1’54’’277; 9. Sete Gibernau 1’54’’279;
10. Makoto Tamada 1’54’’422; ...; 18. Alex
Hofmann 1’57’’467; 19. Jose Luis Cardoso
1’58’’007
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