German Grand Prix
Sachsenring Circuit, Germany - Qualifying Practice
HOFMANN IS READY FOR HIS FANS AND CARDOSO WANTS
MORE POINTS
Today, the qualifying practice of the tenth round of the
2006 MotoGP World Championship took place on the Circuit of
Sachsenring, Germany. The riders of the Team PRAMAC D’ANTIN
MOTOGP, ALEX HOFMANN and JOSE LUIS CARDOSO, classified themselves
respectively in 17th and 19th position on the DUCATI DESMOSEDICI
GP06 “Sat.”. Unfortunately, the German rider,
racing “at home”, was victim of a crash at the
end of the Official Practice session, betrayed by the front
as he was making a fast lap with the qualifying tyres. A crash
luckily without any consequences that won’t keep him
from giving the best of himself during his National GP race.
HOFMANN is very enthusiast and the whole Team is full of confidence.
The race of the MotoGP class will start a bit earlier, at
12:30 here in Germany.
ALEX HOFMANN #66 (17th - 1’24.115):
“I’m quite satisfied about the work we made today.
I feel ready for the race, I rode with a constant rhythm and
this makes me more confident. I would like to ride with lower
laptimes but today it was not possible to make anything more
than what we actually made. Let’s hope that the gap
we have from the first riders will come down some more during
the race, I would like to make a good result here in front
of all my fans. This afternoon, with the qualifying tyres,
I rode like the best riders preceding me in the classification
in some sectors of the track. In the first part of the circuit,
I wasn’t losing much ground. Unfortunately, in the last
lap, after having done my best first partial, I lose the front
and crashed. This doesn’t help me about the confidence.
I’m quite disappointed about it because I’m a
rider that usually crash a few times only. Anyway, we are
ready for tomorrow’s race and I will give the maximum
to in front of my public”.
 JOSE
LUIS CARDOSO #30 (19th - 1’24.651): “I
can’t be satisfied with my position but, from the last
races, we are closer to the first riders with our rhythm and
laptimes. I’m going on improving my feeling on our DUCATI
and I hope that everything will be alright tomorrow. I want
to make a good race, all my Team really deserves it”.
ANDRE LAUGIER – Track Engineer of Jose Luis
Cardoso: “Unfortunately, yesterday’s
crash didn’t help us and we lose much time in this morning’s
practice session. During the afternoon, we managed to put
everything back in order. Even if CARDOSO is getting back
more confidence with his motorcycle, there is still a lot
of work left to do and the whole team is giving the maximum.
Tomorrow, we hope to make a good race and obtain more points
for the Championship general classification”.
1. Daniel Pedrosa 1’21.815
2. Kenny Roberts Jr. 1’21.907
3. Nicky Hayden 1’22.083
4. Shinya Nakano 1’22.273
5. Loris Capirossi 1’22.329
17. Alex Hofmann 1’24.115
19. Jose Luis Cardoso 1’24.651
Conditions: Dry / Aria: 22°c / Ground: 27°c / Humidity:
17%
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