Qatar Qualifying Practice
THE PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP TEAM IS READY FOR
THE FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE 2007 MOTOGP CHAMPIONSHIP
 The
PRAMAC D’ANTIN MotoGP Team stands ready for the challenge
of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, after a pleasant second
day of practice on the warm grounds of the Losail circuit.
Alex Barros and Alex Hofmann had a very positive morning,
in which the Brazilian was in sixth position for most of the
session. Unfortunately, Barros didn’t find the results
he had hoped for during the warm qualification session. During
the two days of practice, the work performed by the Team brought
serenity to the PRAMAC D’ANTIN pit-box, allowing both
riders to remain confident and ready to face the demands of
this “comeback” race, which will start tomorrow
at 15pm local time (GMT +3, CET +2).
Alex Barros will start from the fifth row of the grid, and
Alex Hofmann from the sixth.
Alex Barros (15th - 1’56.814): “I
am happy with todays session because we found a good balance
for the bike and that will allow me to make a strong comeback
through the field tomorrow, but on the other hand, I’m
not satisfied with the Qualifying session because during the
last minutes I wasn’t able to exploit the full potential
of the Bridgestones tires for a couple of reasons. The ground
temperature of the circuit was warmer than I expected and
some things didn’t work out the way I thought they would.
We will spend tonight checking the data and verifying what
happened. Tomorrow I will ride full on and I know it’s
going to be difficult to regain a lot of positions. I feeling
very competitive for the race, and for this I want to thank
my team for all their excellent work which begin in the first
Winter test session. When we tested here in Qatar a few weeks
ago, we were very consistent and always in the first positions.
I can’t stand this situation, therefore tomorrow I will
give 100% because I want to repay my team, our sponsors, and
all my fans who follow me with great affection".
Alex Hofmann (17th - 1’57.274): “During
the last test here in Qatar I ended the day with an unofficial
time of 1’56.315, which was good for fourth place at
the end of the day! I don’t understand what happened
today in the Qualifying session, because we were a second
slower than before. The feeling with the bike wasn’t
good in the qualifying configuration, but the race set-up
is good. We’re losing a lot of time in the two slow
corners, but we’re ok in the fast corners. I didn’t
want to start the season like this. Technically, we’ll
double check everything during the morning warm-up session,
and for the race I’m ready to fight! There are 22 laps
and points to score, and I’m feeling confident that
I’ll ride to the maximum tomorrow.”.
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