British Grand Prix
Donington Park Circuit, Great Britain
Friday 30th June 2006 - Free Practice
FIRST DAY OF FREE PRACTICE AT DONINGTON FOR CARDOSO
AND SILVA
 Unexpected
sun was shining in England today and the practice of the Team
PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP has been quite positive. The Team
has been working for the race, with the aim of finding a good
rhythm; the development of the tyres is going on and there
are signs of improvements. IVAN SILVA, at his second race
in MotoGP and on a track he never saw before, classified himself
in 18th position, preceding his compatriot JOSE LUIS CARDOSO
by a few hundredth. Tomorrow morning, there will be another
session of free practice at 10a.m., English time, before the
single session of qualifying practice at 2 p.m. The Team will
go on working on the tyres and will concentrate itself on
the definition of the setting of the DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP06
“Sat.”, with DUNLOP tyres.
IVAN SILVA #22 (18th - 1’32.524):
“I’m quite happy. We kept the same gap we had
from the first riders at Assen. Besides, we must consider
I never had seen this track before. The setting of the motorcycle
seems good and the material DUNLOP supplied us here is better
than the one we had in Holland. For the moment, I find it
difficult to get a good rhythm alone, surely because of the
complicated characteristics of this track, as things immediately
goes better when I follow some rider. Tomorrow, we will have
more time to practice, I will get more used to the circuit
and my aim is to get a good rhythm by myself”.
 JOSE
LUIS CARDOSO #30 (19th - 1’32.576): “Today,
we made a good job, we concentrated ourselves on the race
tyres and I can say there have been improvements, their performance
is more constant and we have a better rhythm. Tomorrow, we
will test other tyres and we will work to find an optimal
setting for the motorcycle. I’m sure that everything
will go in a better way, I like this track very much, it’s
very different from the 500 with which I raced here the last
time”.
ANDRE LAUGIER - Track Engineer of Ivan Silva:
“The young rider goes on with his apprenticeship. He
needs to learn the track, as he never saw it before and this
is a very difficult circuit. We’re satisfied, IVAN is
improving very quickly, his progression is really positive.
Besides, today we tested a new tyre and it gave better results
in its duration, we’re optimistic and tomorrow we will
go on working for the race.”.
1. Daniel Pedrosa 1’28.970
2. John Hopkins 1’29.025
3. Casey Stoner 1’29.064
4. Marco Melandri 1’29.196
5. Shinya Nakano 1’29.275
18. Ivan Silva 1’32.524
19. Jose Luis Cardoso 1’32.576
Conditions: Dry / Air: 27°c / Ground: 44°c / Humidity:
14%
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