THIRD AND FOURTH ROWS FOR TEAM SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI RIDERS
 After
once again demonstrating good potential in free practice,
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini’s two riders again struggled
to turn that form into top qualifying positions this afternoon,
with Shinya Nakano sealing ninth place on the grid whilst
Alex De Angelis will start from just behind his team-mate
from twelfth place. After finding a good compromise for the
bike and tyres in race trim, it will be another major challenge
for the San Marino rookie as he looks to make up places at
a circuit where overtaking is notoriously difficult.
Shinya Nakano (9th - 1’36”804): “I
expected a better result because we’ve been working
well on qualifying tyres recently and the bike setting was
good. A fast lap just didn’t come though and that may
be because the front end was not our strongest point today.
In any case, a third row start is not a disaster and we can
still do well in tomorrow’s race.”
Alex De Angelis (12th - 1’36”948):
“We’ve shown over the past few rounds that we
have a good package in race trim and thanks to the support
of Bridgestone we also have a tyre now that suits my style
of riding. However, I’m still having trouble adapting
my pace to a qualifying tyre and I can’t get the maximum
out of it. I will be limited by my starting position but I
showed today that my pace is good again. I did a couple of
laps in 1’37”2 on race rubber so I’m confident,
even though it is not easy to overtake here.”
Fausto Gresini - Team manager: “We
need good starts from our riders in the race tomorrow and
after that we can look forward to a good race. That is what
their practice pace has shown us in another positive weekend
so far.”
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