Grand Prix of The Netherlands - Qualifying Practice
Circuit van Drenthe, Assen, The Netherlands
CARDOSO WANTS MORE POINTS,
SILVA IS READY FOR THE DEBUT
 The
weather conditions were stable today, so both riders of the
Team PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP took full advantage of both
practice sessions. JOSE LUIS CARDOSO classified himself in
17th position with the DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP06 “Sat.”,
preceding his “temporary” Team mate by a few hundredth.
IVAN SILVA already demonstrated that he has great qualities
of adaptation in his first experience on a MotoGP bike.
Tomorrow the start of the race of the MotoGP class will be
at 2 p.m.. The whole Team has worked intensively and hopes
that the weather conditions will remain dry.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30 (16th - 1’39.406): “The
things went better today than during the other races, our
distance from the first riders is now a bit lower. We worked
for the race and our rhythm is now more regular; there are
improvements and we only need to verify the real duration
of our tyres during the races. At the end of today’s
qualifying session, I used two qualifying tyres but I committed
some errors and that’s why I couldn’t exploit
them to the maximum. Tomorrow, we will see what will happen,
I will give my maximum and I would really like to gain other
points after the ones I obtained in the Catalunya GP”.
IVAN SILVA #22 (17th - 1’39.496):
“The situation is very positive, we worked in a good
way, there were no crashes and I can say I am satisfied. It’s
a pity I had no time to put the second qualifying tyre on
as I was hoping to lower my best laptime ; I knew the places
where I could improve. As a first experience, I’m really
happy to be on the grid at three seconds from the first riders,
especially because I didn’t have much time to adapt
myself to this new experience. I want to thank LUIS D’ANTIN
and the Team, PRAMAC and all our sponsors to have me given
this opportunity. Tomorrow I will give the maximum and we
will see what will happen during the race”.
ANDRE LAUGIER – Track Engineer of IVAN SILVA:
“We are satisfied because we thought we would have qualified
farther from the first riders. We already knew his valour
but I think it’s clear that IVAN has that talent to
race in MotoGP. We worked very good yesterday and today, improving
during every practice session. IVAN has actually got very
good sensations and we did a great job together. Tomorrow
morning, during the warm-up, we will try to make some changes,
to improve even more the configuration of our motorcycle for
the race and to allow our rider to express himself in the
best way. IVAN has a lot of potential, I am sure he will go
on surprising us”.
1. John Hopkins 1’36.411
2. Shinya Nakano 1’36.424
3. Colin Edwards 1’36.755
4. Nicky Hayden 1’36.758
5. Daniel Pedrosa 1’36.993
16. Jose Luis Cardoso 1’39.406
17. Ivan Silva 1’39.496
Condizioni: Asciutto / Aria: 20°c / Asfalto: 23°c
/ Umidità: 22%
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