Gran Prix of San Marino Free Practice - Lorenzo
Ambient temperature: 32 degrees
Track temperature: 45 degrees
Humidity: 37%
LORENZO MAKING STRIDES FORWARD IN MISANO
Following on from his recent successful test in Brno, when
he made some positive steps forward with his Michelin tyres,
Jorge Lorenzo was in good shape today on the first day of
the Grand Prix of San Marino at Misano. The Fiat Yamaha Team
rider finished the day in seventh overall and, more importantly,
feeling confident and positive about the weekend’s task.
The 21-year-old, who won the 250cc race here last year, made
a good start to the morning with the fourth fastest time and
then improved by just under four tenths this afternoon. He
will be hoping to make some further set-up improvements tomorrow
morning, when the hot weather looks set to continue, before
attempting to return to the front row in the afternoon’s
qualifying session. Lorenzo’s team-mate Valentino Rossi
was second fastest today, 0.418 seconds behind Casey Stoner.
Jorge Lorenzo
Position: 7th Time: 1'35.766 Laps: 56
“I’m very happy today. We had a good test after
Brno and now here today I feel that the tyres are much better
at this track than they were there, so I am feeling even more
confident. I don’t want to make any predictions about
the race or talk about results; first of all we have to wait
until tomorrow to see if we can continue like this. I think
I can improve even more because everything feels better than
two weeks ago, so tomorrow we will try to keep going in this
way. The surface here is not new, like it was in Brno, and
this is better for Michelin, but we need to make one more
step in order to be at the level that we want.”
Daniele Romagnoli
Team Manager
“This is definitely a different situation form the last
two races! Here, as expected from last year’s data,
Michelin tyres are more competitive and they are giving us
the chance to be back at the top end of the classification.
The test in Brno was very important to improve the tyre situation,
but we still need to work more with Michelin to further improve
the grip level because we’re still not as fast as we
would like to be. We need to improve our set-up more for this
track because the front of the bike is still not stable enough
on the hard braking and we need to work more on the suspension.”
Combined Free Practice Times
1. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro 1'34.806
2. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'35.224
3. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'35.377
4. Colin Edwards (USA) Tech 3 Yamaha 1'35.424
5. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP 1'35.620
6. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki 1'35.743
7. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'35.766
8. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'35.861
9. Shinya Nakano (JPN) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'36.100
10. James Toseland (GBR) Tech 3 Yamaha 1'36.105
11. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda 1'36.189
12. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda 1'36.219
13. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) JiR Team Scot MotoGP 1'36.356
14. Toni Elias (SPA) Alice Team 1'36.425
15. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Alice Team 1'36.619
16. Marco Melandri (ITA) Ducati Marlboro 1'37.096
17. Anthony West (AUS) Kawasaki Racing 1'37.929
Misano: Record Lap
C.Stoner (Ducati) 2007, 1'34.649
Misano: Best Lap
C.Stoner (Ducati) 2007, 1'33.918
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