Jerez Testing Session
STONER ALSO QUICK IN THE WET WITH THE DESMOSEDICI
GP7
Casey Stoner showed today that he is a quick rider in all
conditions with the Ducati Desmosedici GP7, even in the cold
and wet conditions that greeted the MotoGP riders the day
after Sunday's Spanish GP at Jerez.
The young Australian, determined to make use of the conditions
and time available to test tyres and wet-weather set-up, put
on his leathers and helmet late in the morning to notch up
a best time of 1m51.736s in his 21 laps.
His Ducati Marlboro team-mate, Loris Capirossi, did not take
part in the test as he returned to Monte Carlo on Sunday evening
immediately after the race to be close to his wife Ingrid
for the expected birth of their first child, Riccardo, in
the next few days.
Test-rider Vittoriano Guareschi lapped with Stoner and in
the hope that conditions will improve, the Ducati Test Team
will remain at Jerez for the next two days in order to continue
development work on the Ducati.
The MotoGP Championship now takes a three-week break before
the Turkish GP race scheduled for April 22 at the Istanbul
Park Circuit, the first track where there has been no winter
testing and where as a result the new 2007 rules limiting
the number of tyres will be put to the test.
Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team), 1m51.736s (21
laps)
"When I woke up this morning and saw that, like in Qatar,
we were unable to test in normal conditions, I tried to look
on the bright side of things: I've only tested the Bridgestone
wets once and this was a good opportunity to do some more
laps. For sure it would have been better to test in the dry
but at least the day wasn't wasted. We worked on the tyres
and the electronics without trying to go for a quick time.
I'm pleased with the way things went and I think it will be
useful for races with similar conditions. Now I'm going back
to Monte Carlo for a day or two and then back home to Australia,
where I'll start to train for the Turkish GP, a race that
I like a lot".
Conditions: wet. Temperatures: air 13 Celsius / track 12
Celsius
Times, Monday 26 March 2007
1. Olivier Jacque (Kawasaki) 1'51.422 (52 giri)
2. Randy De Puniet (Kawasaki) 1'51.502 (59)
3. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1'51.536 (27)
4. Kenny Roberts Jr (Kr-Honda) 1'51.567 (30)
5. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1'51.736 (21)
6. Carlos Checa (Honda) 1'51.827 (44)
7. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1'51.899 (41)
8. Alex Barros (Ducati) 1'52.129 (36)
9. Toni Elias (Honda) 1'52.198 (56)
10. Shinya Nakano (Honda) 1'52.212 (53)
11. Nicky Hayden (Honda) 1'52.637 (67)
12. Marco Melandri (Honda) 1'52.842 (45)
13. Alex Hofmann (Ducati) 1'52.904 (55)
14. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1'53.104 (36)
15. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1'53.240 (51)
16. Silvayn Guintoli (Yamaha) 1'55.992 (44)
17. Makoto Tamada (Yamaha) 1'57.917 (38)
18. Akiyoshi Kousuke (Suzuki) 1'58.635 (36)
19. Vittoriano Guareschi (Ducati) 2'00.291 (33)
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