THE PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP TEAM IS READY FOR THE LAST
RACE
 Tomorrow,
the last race of the 2006 season will take place on the Ricardo
Tormo circuit of Valencia. During the qualifying practice
session, ALEX HOFMANN and JOSE LUIS CARDOSO classified themselves
respectively in 17th and 18th position. A race at home that
will surely be very emotional for the whole PRAMAC D’ANTIN
MOTOGP Team, willing to end the season with a good result.
After the warm-up, the race of the premier-class will start
at 2:00pm.
ALEX HOFMANN #66: “The truth is that
I could have done a better laptime with the qualifying tyres.
I used three of them, the first two were identical and I thought
these were the best. Unfortunately, the third one was more
efficient and I didn’t really take advantage of it at
100%. So We could have done a better result but, anyway, our
aim was to find a set-up adapted to the temperatures of the
afternoon, as the race will be done in the same conditions.
Things went better than yesterday but it’s not enough
and we will keep on working tomorrow morning. Personally,
I hope that the weather conditions will be a bit colder. With
lower temperatures, as in the morning, the bike is more stable
and I can ride easier and faster. For the warm-up, we still
have some options to test. This is the last round of the season
and it will be necessary to make our best to obtain a good
result. It won’t be an easy race but I will do my best”.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30: “Today, we
worked for the race. Unfortunately, we had to forget the tyre
we chose yesterday as it wasn’t constant enough for
the duration of race. That’s why we had to concentrate
ourselves on another tyre I didn’t really like. We made
the best we could and we managed to improve our rhythm. It’s
not enough but we will test some other solutions tomorrow
morning, in the warm-up, to find more stability. With the
qualifying tyres, we made what we could. In general, we’re
a bit closer to the other riders and this can be considered
“positive”. Tomorrow, it will be an important
race, in front of my public and I really want to make a good
race ”.
ANDRE LAUGIER - Track Engineer of Jose Luis Cardoso:
“Yesterday we had chosen a tyre that was better than
the other ones but, unfortunately, its duration was not sufficient
and we had to forget it. At our disposal, we had only another
tyre, very different, that was more consistent anyway, which
allowed us to improve our rhythm. We will go on working on
the set-up tomorrow morning, to get ready for the race. There
are other variations we can make and we will control their
results before the race. Anyway, I think that the rhythm of
the first riders is really impressive, compared to the last
few years”.
1. Valentino rossi 1’31.002
2. Troy Bayliss 1’31.210
3. Loris Capirossi 1’31.307
4. Shinya Nakano 1’31.341
5. Nicky Hayden 1’31.378
17. Alex Hofmann 1’33.289
18. Jose Luis Cardoso 1’33.755
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