Grand Prix of Spain ( Jerez de la Frontera Circuit) Qualifying
Practice
 BARROS
SATISFIED AND CONFIDENT IN JEREZ , SOME DIFFICULTIES FOR HOFMANN.
The first qualifying day of the first European World championship
race has just finished. For many, the European kick-off marks
the true start of the season, as the racing begins in earnest!
Both Pramac d’ Antin MotoGP riders didn’t achieve
the results they had hoped for, but they are strongly motivated
to race at the Spanish circuit of Jerez where there will be
a crush of fans and spectators. Alex Barros, who qualified
in 13th place, is satisfied with his day because he found
a good race setting for his bike that will allow him to have
a consistent pace.
Unfortunately, the afternoon wasn’t very good for Alex
Hofmann, who couldn’t seem to find the right feeling
with his bike.
Alex Barros (1’40.841 free practice –
1’40.196 qualifying practice): “I can
be happy with my day, even if my position on the starting
grid isn’t very good! We have found good setting for
my DUCATI GP7 and I have the right feeling with it; unfortunately
I made some mistakes with the BRIDGESTONE qualifying tires
and I wasn’t able to obtain the time I was capable of.
Despite this, I’m confident for tomorrow because my
racepace is consistent and if I start well from the grid,
I’m sure to be able to fight for the first five positions!
I have a strong desire to race, because I know that it will
be a difficult race, but at the same time very exciting; all
the rider’s times are very close to each other, so every
one of us will push at the maximum to do the best we can!
I hope to achieve my goal, for both my satisfaction and for
my team"
Alex Hofmann (1’41.886 free practice –
1’40.710 qualifying practice): “I’
don’t really know what happened this afternoon, but
certainly I’m not satisfied with my performance! The
time I made is too high for the start I expected tomorrow.
As I already said, the Jerez Circuit is difficult and if you
don’t made good start, it’s really complicated
to overtake the others. I’m displeased because I could
done better than this, but in MotoGP, some times are better
and other times are worse. Tomorrow, before the beginning
of the race, we have the warm up, and I hope that could be
useful to improve and reallyl understand what the real problems
are. I know that I want to achieve good final position so
no matter what, I will wage “a war ontrack!”
Official Time:
1st Dani Pedrosa 1’39.402
2nd Valentino Rossi 1’39.453
3rd Carlos Checa 1’39.460
4th Colin Edwards 1’39.486
5th Casey Stoner 1’39.524
13th Alex Barros 1’40.196
17th Alex Hofmann 1’40.760
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