Japanese Grand Prix
Twin Ring Motegi Circuit, Japan - Free Practice
THE TEAM PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP IS WORKING CONFIDENTLY
AT MOTEGI
 After
the good performance in the animated race of Phillip Island,
the PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP starts the last appointment
of this long intercontinental travel with the right determination.
ALEX HOFMANN obtained the 19th time at the end of the first
free practice sessions of the fifteenth GP of the season,
while JOSE LUIS CARDOSO is 21st.
Both riders, determined to confirm the progresses showed
in Australia here in Motegi, dedicated themselves to the tires
selection and the definition of the ideal set-up for their
DUCATI
DESMOSEDICI GP06 “Sat” in view of Sunday’s
race.
Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. in Italy), there will be
the MotoGP Official Practice session.
ALEX HOFMANN #66 (19th - 1’49.761):
“I’m enthusiast and confident after the good performance
we made in Phillip Island. The Team is going on working very
good, following my instructions and putting me in the best
conditions to be able to push at the maximum. Unfortunately,
today we tested some race tires and the best we found is a
soft one that wouldn’t have enough duration to end the
race in good conditions. Tomorrow, let’s hope that DUNLOP
will bring us more tires that will be more effective for this
unexpected meteorological conditions”.
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30 (21st - 1’51.138): “This
afternoon, the sensations improved from this morning. We worked
with the tires we had at our disposal but as we found different
temperatures than we expected we couldn’t make it any
better today, we already are at the limit. Tomorrow, we will
test more tires and I hope to make a good session of qualifying
practice. I’m very determined in this final part of
the season and in this GP, I want to obtain a good result!”.
EMANUELE MARTINELLI – Track Engineer of Alex
Hofmann: “DUNLOP brought us hard tires as the
temperatures should have been higher. Unfortunately these
tires didn’t allow the motorcycle to be effective as
we wanted. Anyway we’re confident for the race. The
work we made today has been very useful to select the tire
we will use tomorrow and on which we will work to define the
final set-up for the race. Right now, the general balance
of the motorcycle is effective with soft race tires. Tomorrow
we will look for a set-up evolution to allow HOFMANN to make
a good race and get some more points”.
1. Valentino Rossi 1’46.981
2. Shinya Nakano 1’47.315
3. Marco Melandri 1’47.449
4. Colin Edwards 1’47.581
5. Nicky Hayden 1’47.610
19. Alex Hofmann 1’49.761
20. Carlos Checa 1’49.889
21. Jose Luis Cardoso 1’51.138
Conditions: Dry / Air: 24°c / Ground: 29°c / Humidity:
25%
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