TOP TEN FOR BOTH ALEX BARROS AND ALEX HOFMANN IN DONINGTON
PARK
 Both
Pramac d’Antin riders Alex Barros and Alex Hofmann ended
this afternoon’s British GP at Donington Park with top
ten results to show for their efforts.
Intermittent rain showers during the morning left a wet track
for the start of this afternoon’s thirty-lap race, the
eighth round of this year’s MotoGP championship, which
made life difficult for all teams and riders. Although it
was a tough race, the Pramac d’Antin team were rewarded
with a positive outcome as Barros claimed seventh place ahead
of his German team-mate Hofmann in ninth.
Barros, starting from the fifth row, made an impressive recovery
to add another nine important points for his world champion
classification in which the Brazilian is now eighth.
Hofmann also had a good race to reach ninth place to obtain
seven points that have enabled him to go up one step in the
world classification table, ahead of the reigning world champion
Nicky Hayden.
Alex Barros (7° classified – 52’18.833):
“I’m quite satisfied for the race. Honestly speaking,
I hoped for an even better result, but because of my position
on the starting grid and the inclement track conditions, we
couldn’t do a lot more. I started well, but when I sped
up, the bike started to slip and I lost some positions. At
the beginning my race pace was good, in fact I started to
push and I was able to overtake Pedrosa and arrive very close
to Loris who was riding so fast. Unfortunately during the
race, the asphalt became to dry and I start to have some difficulties.
Maybe the Bridgestone front tyre we chose was too soft and
didn’t help me to ride well, but on the contrary, the
rear became increasingly better and gave me an important help.
To race with these conditions is always difficult, but I gave
my best to obtain the best possible result.”
Alex Hofmann (9° classified – 52’19.978):
“If I look at my result I’m satisfied,
the ninth position is not so bad for us, but if I consider
the whole race, there are certainly areas which we can work
on further in the future. I made a good start to recover four
positions, but I could not succeed to attack the other riders
that were in front of me. After some laps, I started to have
a good race pace and I could see my team-mate Alex Barros
and Dani Pedrosa were not so far from me, but I wasn’t
able to overtake them because I made a mistake in the last
turn and I lost precious time.”
Luis d’Antin – Team Manager: “It
was a very difficult race for us, but finally we are satisfied
because we obtained good results with both Barros and Hofmann.
I’m really happy because the team worked well and I’m
sure that if track conditions had been different, the results
could have been even better. This race was important for us
and gave us further confidence and motivation, we will continue
to work hard because we want get back on the podium again.”
Official Time:
1° Casey Stoner: 51’40.739
2°Colin Edwards: 51’52.507
3° Chris Vermeulen: 51’56.417
4° Valentino Rossi: 52’02.566
5° John Hopkins: 52’16.257
7° Alex Barros: 52’18.833
9° Alex Hofmann: 52’19.978
The next appointment on the world championship calendar takes
the Pramac d’Antin team to the Netherlands where Assen
will host the Dutch TT next weekend.
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