PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP
Le Mans Circuit, France
Monday 22 May 2006 - Private Practice
BAD WEATHER RUINS PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP PRIVATE
TEST DAY
The private practice, today on the circuit of Le Mans in
France, was ruined by the bad weather. The work program of
the day was basically based on the DUNLOP tyres development
but the meteorological conditions didn’t allow the two
PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP riders, ALEX HOFMANN and JOSE
LUIS CARDOSO, to make many laps with the DUCATI DESMOSEDICI
GP06 “Sat.”. In case of rain, there were some
news about rain tyres, but the ground never was wet enough
to allow their use; while for the slick tyres, the track never
remained dry for long enough to test these kind of tyres.
From mid-afternoon, the weather slightly improved, but the
wind on track was really heavy and more than bringing a lot
of dirt on the circuit, it also was a big trouble for the
riders. Consequently, the Team prefered to stop the practice.
A real pity, especially because this practice day could have
been really useful for the race at Mugello on the next 4th
June.
ANDRE LAUGIER – Track Engineer of Jose Luis
Cardoso: “Today the weather conditions were
completely unfavourable to the correct execution of our work
program. Initially because of the rain and then also because
of the wind there was on track. A really pity, particularly
because the development of the tyres is demanding a lot of
work, and this practice day was a good occasion to evolve.
Unfortunately, against the rain and the wind there was nothing
we could have done and, with both riders, we didn’t
managed to make more than some ten laps. So we tested only
one new rear tyre, which seemed to be slightly better but,
to give a better judgement about it, we should test it longer.
For the rest, we had no possibility to ride more than this,
and so to make other tests. We will go on at Mugello, in not
much more than one week”.
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