THINGS CAN ONLY IMPROVE AT THE SACHSENRING
TONI ELIAS and RUBEN XAUS, the two FORTUNA YAMAHA riders,
will hope to improve on the qualifying positions they have
achieved in tomorrow’s German GP. The second day of
qualifying was marked by a number of falls and also the closeness
of the field with the first 15 riders separated by less than
a second. Xaus will hope to improve on the 11th place he achieved
at the same circuit last year. The Spanish rider had bad luck
today as he had to interrupt his qualification to get treatment
on an injury to his left leg that clearly affected his rhythm
when he put on his qualifying tyres at the end of the session.
Elias was still troubled by the injury to his left hand sustained
at Le Mans in May and will have injections before the race
to try and ease the pain.
TONI ELIAS (24):
Free session: 19th - 1.25.501 + 1.762 (28/29 laps)
Qualifying session: 17th -1.24.421 + 1.636 (29/29 laps)
“I am not happy either with my times or my position.
However, you have to try and take the positives from our work
over the weekend. It’s obvious, though, that in the
last session we improved from yesterday. It’s clear
we are not in great shape for the race, but we are getting
better which is comforting. We have to keep working, it will
be a hard and long race. If it rains it could help us. It’s
obvious at the moment that I can’t push too hard physically
and risk injuring myself again and spending weeks out. I have
to keep working hard on my fitness and remain sensible so
we can stick to our plan.”
RUBEN XAUS (11):
Free session: 20th - 1.25.690 + 1.951 (27/28 laps)
Qualifying session: 18th - 1.24.605 + 1.820 (26/28 laps)
“It was a difficult day due to the pain I had in my
leg. We know what we have to do tomorrow and we always seem
to perform better in the races. That is what we must try as
our aim is to score in every race. When we put the qualifying
tyre on things got much better and that will give us crucial
information for tomorrow. It’s going to be a hard day
for everyone especially if it ends up raining.”
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