TOP TEN FOR ALEX HOFMANN, 11th POSITION FOR CARDOSO
 The
PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP riders both obtained points on
the Catalan circuit, ALEX HOFMANN and JOSE LUIS CARDOSO arrived
respectively 10th and 11th under the chequered flag, and the
Spanish rider managed to conquer his first points in front
of his public, in Spain. A good satisfaction for all the sponsors
and the supporters that were present here in Barcelona to
watch the race of the Team PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP riders
on their DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP06 “Sat.”. A race
that needed a second start after a big crash in the first
corner of the first lap that involved lots of riders and forced
the race direction to immediately stop the race.
After this Grand Prix, the MotoGP “circus” is
directly going to Assen in Holland, where there will be the
next race, on Saturday 24th June.
ALEX HOFMANN #66 (10th): “There have
been two starts and I did both of them really good. After
the second one, I tried to stay with Ellison but it wasn’t
possible, I was also risking a lot and that’s why I
prefered not to push too much anymore. The 10th position is
a good result and I get 6 more points for the general classification,
but I have to admit I don’t really like to get points
because of the misfortunes of other riders and I’m really
sorry for all those who crashed after the first start. On
the other hand, I only hope that the things will improve during
each next Grand Prix”.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30 (11th): “Today
I finished my race, it was very important for me to conquest
some points in front of my public and our sponsors, here in
Spain. There also are my first points of the year in the general
classification of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. At the
beginning of the race, I was behind my Team mate, ALEX HOFMANN,
but unfortunately, then, I had some difficulties that limited
my performance. I hope to give continuity to this result already
from Assen”.
LUIS D’ANTIN (Team Manager): “The
positive thing of the day is the final position of our riders.
Unfortunately, for the rest, we never experienced a work situation
of this kind and neither even thought we would have to do
it. This is a difficult and very hard moment for the riders
but also for the whole technical staff. The only thing we
could do today was to ride lap after lap, to finish the race,
and we hope that things will go in a better way in the future”.
1. Valentino Rossi in 41’31.237
2. Nicky Hayden at 4.509
3. Kenny Roberts Jr. at 9.174
4. John Hopkins at 13.465
5. Colin Edwards at 22.548
10. Alex Hofmann at 1’14.062
11. Jose Luis Cardoso at 1’46.815
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