THE TEAM PRAMAC D’ANTIN IS AT HOME FOR THE LAST GP
OF THE 2006 SEASON
The final round of the 2006 season of the MotoGP World Championship
will be this weekend on the Spanish track of Ricardo Tormo
at Valencia. It is the 17th race for the MotoGP class and
the Team PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP will be racing at home.
The Team is really motivated and will make the maximum to
end the season in a positive way. For ALEX HOFMANN, the aim
is to conquest the “Top Ten”, after the good result
obtained in Portugal; while JOSE LUIS CARDOSO, wants to get
more points, on a track he knows very well. The first free
practice session will be on Friday 27th October at 10:00am.
LUIS D’ANTIN (Team Manager): “After
a very difficult season, it’s already the last race
of the championship. We’re at home here in Spain and
this situation motivates us all even more to make a good result.
Our aim is to enter in the first ten riders with Hofmann.
He made a good race at Estoril and we will try to make something
better here in Valencia. We will also make our best to allow
Cardoso to get more points as well. For this race, many sponsors
and friends will be present and it will be our task to satisfy
them”.
ALEX HOFMANN #66: “After the race
at the Estoril, I would like to repeat the good result I made
there, to end the season in the best way. I will go to Valencia
very motivated, to make a good race and get some more points.
My team deserves it, it has been a very difficult year for
everyone of us. I think that this will be a very nice weekend,
this is the last race of the championship and there are still
two titles to assign. The atmosphere in this circuit is always
very spectacular, it seems like a football stadium and the
I like the track, it is very nice for us riders but it is
also one of the best for the spectators as they can see the
whole track from any grandstand. It really is the most adapted
circuit for the final of the World Championship. Last year,
I went back to race here at Valencia, after my injuries In
Japan and this is a track I’ve always liked a lot”.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30: “An event at
home is always faced with a lot of emotion and I’m really
motivated to make a good race in front of all my sponsors
and friends. Valencia is always a special appointment for
everybody, this is a big party and to race in these conditions
is really beautiful. I can’t wait to go on track and
make the first free practice, I know this track very well
and this will allow us to work even better. With my Team we
will try to make the maximum to conquest more points for the
classification. It is the last race of the season and I would
like to end it in the best way”.
CIRCUIT DETAILS
The circuit of the “Comunitat Valenciana” is situated
at Cheste in the province of Valencia, Spain. It was terminated
and inaugurated in 1999, the year in which it already hosted
its first Grand Prix and the first competitions of the Spanish
Championship. The Grand Prix will take place on a track long
4,005km that has 5 right corners, 8 left corners and a straight
of 876 metres. The track is quite mixed and privileges the
riding more than the power.
Even though the circuit is quite small, the principal structure
hosts 48 pit-boxes and the long grandstands around that track,
as in a stadium, can contain more than 150.000 spectators.
The Valencia circuit is not as the traditional ones and was
designed, still following the security rules, nearly completely
for the spectators. The view is incredible, the whole circuit
can be seen from any grandstand. The idea was from Jorge “Aspar”
Martinez that dedicated this fabulous track to Ricardo Tormo,
one of the best Spanish riders of all times. This year, the
atmosphere of the circuit will surely be very special, it
will be a great party as the appointment is for the last race
of the calendar.
Longest straight: 876m
Width: 12-13m
Pole Position: right
Direction: anticlockwise
MotoGP - Circuit Record: 1’33.043 (Marco Melandri -
2005)
MotoGP - Fastest Lap: 1’31’’874 (Sete Gibernau
- 2005)
2005 MotoGP Race: 1. Marco Melandri (Honda) 2. Nicky Hayden
(Honda) 3. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
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