German Grand Prix
Sachsenring Circuit, Germany
Sunday 16 July 2006 - Race
MORE POINTS FOR CARDOSO, BAD LUCK FOR HOFMANN
 Today
on the Sachsenring Circuit, JOSE LUIS CARDOSO finished the
race in 14th position. With this result, he obtained two more
points for the 2006 MotoGP World Championship general classification,
two important points for the Team PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP,
especially after the bad luck that had the German rider ALEX
HOFMANN during his “home” GP. He was actually
forced to retire himself after only two laps, for an electronical
problem. A real pity as he had done a good start and was riding
with other riders that had preceded him during the practice.
From here, all the Teams and riders of the MotoGP class will
directly fly to the United States, where will take place the
eleventh round of the Championship on the Laguna Seca Circuit,
near Monterey, California.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30 (14th): “We
finished the race with a slightly better rhythm than in the
practice. Unfortunately, from mid-race until the arrival,
I had some difficulties with the grip on the rear, it was
quite difficult to enter the corners. I went on giving the
maximum, to be the most consistent as possible and I am happy
about the two points we obtained. These are important points
and I really want to thank my Team for the work they did during
the whole weekend, especially on Friday when I crashed and
the motorcycles was seriously damaged”.
 ALEX
HOFMANN #66 (retired): “I’m really disappointed.
I had done a good start, I was with Elias, Edwards and De
Puniet and from what I saw from the pitbox I think I would
have managed to keep their pace. It has been a real pity because,
for the first time, I could have done a race with other riders
that have different tyres and configurations. Unfortunately,
there has been a problem with my bike and I was forced to
retire myself. I think I am really unlucky here at Sachsenring,
as in two years, I made no more than two laps during these
two races. I’m quite sad because I really wanted to
make a good race in front of my public”.
ANDRE LAUGIER – Track Engineer of Jose Luis
Cardoso: “We slightly reduced our distance
from the first riders, having a better rhythm. There has been
a small evolution and we mustn’t stop ourselves, we
must go on working harder to improve our rhythm and manage
to reach the other riders’ level”.
1. Valentino Rossi in 41’59.248
2. Marco Melandri at 0.145
3. Nicky Hayden at 0.266
4. Daniel Pedrosa at 0.307
5. Loris Capirossi at 8.764
14. Jose Luis Cardoso at 1’19.997
Alex Hofmann : retired
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