Shane Byrne (Althea Team): “I showed that I had pace right from the first practice session and hoped for two great races. Unfortunately yesterday’s crash compromised my weekend and I didn’t achieve what I had hoped to. It is difficult to make passes here and the fact that I started from the back didn’t help of course but I gave 100% and in the end I managed to close in the top ten which wasn’t bad. I want to thank the boys for their great work.”
Carlos Checa (Althea Team): “I got away well and, with Rea and Haga, found a good pace which allowed us to get away from the others andI was fighting against Noriyuki for second but when he crashed I tried to attack Jonathan. He had a strong pace though and I wasn’t able to make up that second of time that gave him the win. I’m very satisfied with the result and thank my team for their hard work.”
Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox Team):“First of all I want to say how happy I am to be back up here. After the Race 1 crash I went straight back to the garage in the hope that my technicians could adjust the bike so that I could continue but unfortunately there was too much damage to the mufflers and I had to stop there. We made some modifications to the front suspension and the bike behaved a lot better in Race 2. I maintained a strong pace for the entire race and was able to get the job done! I’m sorry for Carlos because it’s always great to battle against him. Now I’d like to repeat this great result at Imola, Ducati’s home track.”
Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox Team)“A black day. In Race 1 I got straight back on the bike thinking that I could carry on and finish in the points zone. Then I realized that there was a problem with the throttle and, as I couldn’t open or close the gas properly, I had to return to the garage. It’s a pity because I was making up some ground before the crash and had good pace. Race 2 didn’t go any better – I had to come in to change the rear tyre but in doing that I lost too much ground and there wasn’t anything I could do.”
The Pramac Racing Team gives its deepest condolences to the family, Team and friends of Shoya Tomizawa.
Aleix Espargarò:”There is nothing to say on a day like this. One of our family is gone.”
Mika Kallio: “Is a sad day today, for everyone.”
Casey Stoner:“I am very, very disappointed with our performance today considering the feeling we found yesterday after a few modifications. The feeling today was completely different from warm-up this morning. I tried to stay with Jorge in the race but I started to make mistakes because the front kept closing. It became a challenge just to make it to the end of the race and hold my position. This is not important today though considering what has happened. I am deeply saddened for Tomizawa, his family and everybody who worked with him. It is something truly terrible and it left me breathless, like a week ago. It was a pleasure to watch him ride and I was looking forward to see him have a great career.”
Nicky Hayden: “This hasn’t been a great track for me over the last couple of years. I got quite a good start and made up some positions but on the exit of turn two when I got on the gas and opened up for the next turn I touched with Loris, who was closing his line a little. I’m sorry but it was a racing incident that can happen at any time and when you start so far back you tend to cross lines. The shifter was damaged and I had to come back in. All this is irrelevant though compared with what happened to Tomizawa. I am really sad, we have lost two riders in two weekends. My thoughts are with his family and his team but I think the whole paddock has been hit hard by this tragedy. At the end of the day we are all brothers here. We have lost a talented kid with a great personality. I loved his style, his determination and the smile he always wore.”
Héctor Barberá: “I would have had fun in the race, as I was enjoying riding. We go home with a good result and have continued to improve. However, right now, after learning about what has happened to Tomizawa, I am speechless. I was told about it as soon as I got off the bike, and it is very difficult to take something like that in. Today’s result doesn’t really matter anymore. Shoya was a great rider who always gave his all on the bike. He was also a great person who was always smiling and with whom I got on well. I want to send my thoughts to his family and friends.”
Trackday with Troy Bayliss and Luca Scassa, the Supersonic Racing Team SBK rider. Why not? Enjoy this little film and if you want to know more about it? Just contact the Ducati Corse Friends!
1 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team
2 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team
3 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team 5 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati
6 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
7 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
8 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki 9 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati
10 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 11 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati
12 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP
13 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda
14 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini
Not Classified Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team
Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki
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The return to competition for Luca Scassa was a bit more difficult than expected after his two bad falls at the previous races in Brno and Silverstone. Luca has done today a good amount of work but a small technical problem on the rear brake and not a perfect balance did not give him the improvement that was expected. Suffered in the morning a technical failure at the braking system. In the afternoon a better set-up was found and the bike was more ride able. Qualified for the first Superpole was easy (17th crono 1′56”710) but it was stopped at the second Superpole with a sixteenth absolute crono (1′55”908) and a fourth row on the grid.
Luca Scassa: “It’s a difficult weekend for us, because I can not ride the bike as I like. Read the rest of this entry »
Noriyuki Haga: “I had a better feeling with the bike this morning compared to this afternoon’s session, so tomorrow I think we’ll make some changes that take us back in that direction regarding set-up. I was a bit disappointed with the Superpole result because I did my two laps in the final phase but maybe I should have stayed out there and done one more because the situation changed dramatically in the last two minutes and I dropped from fourth to sixth. Having said that, a place on the second row isn’t bad and after two positive days we’ll be aiming to make two equally positive races tomorrow.”
Michel Fabrizio: “After all the team’s hard work and the positive results so far this weekend, I of course hoped to take part in the third part of the Superpole but unfortunately a couple of mistakes proved costly and I finished ninth, outside of the top eight for just a fraction of a second. Tomorrow will be very difficult because this is one of those tracks where it’s not easy to pass, added to the fact that there are more than a few strong riders…”
Positive first day of qualifying for the Supersonic Team and Luca Scassa. The strong Italian rider is returning to competition after his two consecutive stops. The Tuscan rider recovered from the bruises and fractures on both feet and started to work in close harmony with the technical team to get a good general set-up. Went on track with both bikes and tested several solutions trying to solve some problems.
Overall satisfied, Luca ended the first qualifying round the thirteenth time. Read the rest of this entry »
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