MotoGP test, Jerez
REPSOL HONDA BACKS UP SUPERB JEREZ GP WITH MORE HARD
WORK
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden were back
to work at Jerez today following yesterday’s Spanish
GP which Pedrosa won in brilliant style, Hayden building momentum
with a fine ride to fourth.
Pedrosa, whose first win of the year moved him into the World
Championship lead, used the day to improve his knowledge of
his RC212V with which he had limited preseason testing time
due to a broken hand sustained in January. Hayden evaluated
new parts and new settings, working hard to continue the impressive
progress he made over the Spanish GP weekend, during which
he raced a new chassis for the first time. Both riders used
only race tyres today, while the fastest seven riders used
qualifying tyres for their best laps.
Dani Pedrosa, 8th , 1m 40.166s, 69 laps
“Today we worked on basic setup to help us get more
familiar with the bike, to know our package better and to
find the best direction so we can continue improving. It’s
the kind of work we usually do at preseason tests but we weren’t
able to do this year because of my injury. It was a necessary
job with a lot of stops in the pits but I think it was very
useful. We also started working on tyres with Michelin and
we will focus on tyre testing all day tomorrow. It will be
a very important day, crucial for our development programme.”
Nicky Hayden, 9th, 1m 40. 389s, 80 laps
“We learned some stuff today, we were able to run pretty
decent and consistent laps using reference tyres and we got
some good data, so quite a positive day all in all. We had
nothing major to test, just some different clutch options
to get into the corners a little bit better and some general
setup options, looking for a bit of edge traction to help
save the tyre over race distance. We’ll come back again
tomorrow, get another full day and just work our way through
some more options.”
Lap times
1. Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1.38.679
2. Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1.39.117
3. Casey STONER Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1.39.218
4. Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1.39.484
5. John HOPKINS Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1.39.569
6. Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1.39.747
7. Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1.40.034
8. Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1.40.166
9. Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1.40.389
10. Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP HONDA 1.40.394
11. Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1.40.534
12. Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1.41.308
13. Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1.41.396
14. Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1.42.132
15. Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team DUCATI 1.42.240
16. Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team DUCATI 1.42.624
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