German Grand Prix - PREVIEW
Sachsenring Circuit, Germany
HOME GP FOR THE GERMAN ALEX HOFMANN
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German ALEX HOFMANN is back on the DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP06
“Sat.” of the Team PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP,
after two races in the Official Team as a substitute rider
of the injured Sete Gibernau. He will “race at home”
his national GP in Germany, on the Sachsenring Circuit. A
very important date for ALEX HOFMANN that is actually very
enthusiast and wants to get a good result more than ever,
in front of his public. His Team mate as well, the Spanish
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO, wants to get more points for the general
classification of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship, after
the ones he obtained at Catalunya and Donington. The round
in Germany is the tenth of the season and will be followed
by the U.S. Grand Prix, reserved to the MotoGP class, on the
23th July at Laguna Seca.
The first session of free practice will be on Friday 13th
July, at 10.00 a.m..
LUIS D’ANTIN (Team Manager): “After
two races with the DUCATI Official Team, ALEX HOFMANN is back
with us for his Home GP. We are aiming at a good result here,
it’s very important for the Team and I’m sure
that HOFMANN will make a great race in front of his public.
With JOSE LUIS CARDOSO we will make the maximum to go on making
good things after the quite good race in England, to keep
on improving more and more”.
ALEX HOFMANN #66: “I’m very
enthusiast, to race at Sachsenring is always a great emotion!
The track is quite small and very slow, it’s not one
of the most beautiful but it’s one of the most special,
the atmosphere is simply fantastic. It’s great to race
in front of so many supporters, thousands of them already
arrive on Friday to show their passion for the motorcycling
world. I can’t wait to ride on track, it will surely
be a very special weekend for me and for the whole Team. About
the experience I had the opportunity to live with the Official
DUCATI, I would like to thank again all the people that trusted
me for this occasion. In the meanwhile it seems like DUNLOP
has done some improvements and I hope it will allow us to
make a good result here in Germany, I really expect something
good as it is my home race and I don’t want to deceive
my fans”.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30: “I have many
good memories of Sachsenring, I made great races on this circuit
and I really like its track. I can’t wait to make the
first practice, especially after the improvements we made
in the last race. We will see what will happen, I am very
enthusiast and I really want to make a good result. I will
work very hard with my Team during the whole weekend”.
CIRCUIT DETAILS
The Sachsenring Circuit was built in 1996 to avoid the numerous
car and bike races that were done in the public roads in the
area around the town of Chemnitz from 1920 until 1990, that
had become too dangerous through such a densely populated
area without enough security conditions for all the riders.
The track is situated five miles west of the German town and
has been mainly used as a driver training centre and road
transport safety. It hosted MotoGP for the first time in 1998
and, since then, many improvements have taken place, including
a drastic layout enhancement in 2001. Numerous tight corners
make this track one of the slowest on the calendar but there
is never any shortage of close racing action.
Longest straight: 780m
Wide: 10m
Pole Position: Left
Direction: Unclockwise
MotoGP - Circuit Record: 1’23.705 (Sete Gibernau - 2005)
MotoGP - Fastest Lap: 1’22.756 (Max Biaggi - 2004)
2005 MotoGP Race: 1. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 2. Sete Gibernau
(Honda) 3. Nicky Hayden (Honda)
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