MELANDRI AND ELIAS READY TO FIGHT BACK IN THE RACE
 Team
Honda Gresini are looking ahead to a tough British Grand Prix
tomorrow with their riders starting from the third and fourth
rows of the grid.
After a wet day of free practice yesterday Marco Melandri
and Toni Elias today got the opportunity to set their bikes
up in the dry. Weather forecasts for tomorrow are predicting
more rain, however, which will make life even more difficult
for the team.
MARCO MELANDRI (9th, 1'29.498): "Today
we worked on the dry setting but the forecast is for more
rain tomorrow so I don't really know what to expect for the
race. In the fast sections I can let the bikes run and I am
fast but we're still struggling to set the bike up for the
long braking. It's a problem we've had since the start of
the season and it doesn't allow me to ride as I like. It will
be a tough race tomorrow - even more so if it rains, because
the track here is very slippery."
TONI ELIAS (10th, 1'29.711): "We tried
to make the most of the two hours we had on a dry track to
prepare as best as possible for a dry race. We struggled a
bit this morning because we couldn't get the tyres up to optimum
temperature. In the afternoon the situation improved and we're
quite ready if it is dry tomorrow. Unfortunately we had a
technical problem at the end and only got chance to use only
one qualifying tyre, which means I was unable to set a good
lap. I'm disappointed by that but I'm hoping for a dry race
tomorrow."
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