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andyk3
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 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: Catalonian moto gp |
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Vermeulen shines in tough qualifying for Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer Chris Vermeulen will start from the middle of the third row for tomorrow’s Catalonian Grand Prix.
Vermeulen (P8, 1’42.365, 28 laps) dug deep right at the end of the session to record his best time and move him four places up the grid in preparation for Sunday’s 25-lap race. He had already shown in the early part of the hour that he has the race package to run near the front and will be determined to get a good start tomorrow so he can be right in amongst the action straight away.
Loris Capirossi (P12, 1’42.648, 28 laps) also performed well on his Bridgestone race tyres in the early part of the session, as he made the final improvements to his Suzuki GSV-R in readiness for tomorrow’s race. The experienced Italian topped the timesheets early on whilst in race trim, but was unable to translate that performance on the qualifying tyres and will start from the fourth row of the grid.
As track and air temperatures rose this afternoon Casey Stoner on his factory Ducati was the best placed Bridgestone rider, and also on pole position, just ahead of local favourite Dani Pedrosa on his factory Honda.
Tomorrow’s race at the 4,727m Circuit de Catalunya is round seven of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship and the action gets underway at 14.00hrs local time (12.00hrs GMT).
Chris Vermeulen:
“Apart from the qualifying position, it’s been another good day at the circuit for us today! We learned a lot about the bike and the tyres and I feel like I’ve got a great package underneath me for the race - the team and Bridgestone have all done a good job to give me that! When it came to qualifiers it was quite a different story to the race tyres, but a similar story to recent weeks. I felt like I got the best out of the qualifying tyres that I could but it still left me back on the third row, which is especially frustrating with the speed we had shown on race tyres. Like always we will need to get a good start, but I believe we’ve got the pace to run with the front guys, so hopefully I can get up to them early enough and race with them.”
Loris Capirossi:
“I think we have made big step with the race tyres this afternoon, because we are much quicker than we have been at any other time this weekend, and we are sure that we can keep up a good rhythm in the race. We still need to improve a little bit more and we will be trying another few things in warm-up tomorrow. On the qualifiers we had quite a few problems with grip. The front tyre was a bit too hard and the rear qualifiers made it push a lot and we lost a lot of time because of that. We will need to use the hard tyre for the race so maybe today for qualifying it was too hard. All the team has done a great job to improve the bike and we will have to be on the attack from the start tomorrow – but we are ready to do that!”
Paul Denning – Team Manager:
“For our guys it was a really good and a not so good qualifying session all in one go! Loris was the only rider to make a 15-lap run and we learnt a lot about the potential of the bike and the race tyres. Without question that has put him in a much better position for tomorrow’s race. Chris also did a long run and was able to make very competitive times. It seems that if luck is on our side and we get similar conditions tomorrow our guys will be able to run with the very best.
“Unfortunately on the qualifiers it didn’t work out! Congratulations have to go to Casey for an amazing lap and to Bridgestone for the pole position. Chris was the second highest Bridgestone rider in eighth place, with our competitor’s tyre filling the other gaps. Nonetheless, the four positions that Chris made up on his last lap will be really important for the race tomorrow, so we have to say “well done” to him giving it his maximum and making the improvement.”
Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya Qualifying Practice Classification:
1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1’41.186: 2. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) +0.083: 3. Nicky Hayden (Honda) +0.251: 4. Randy de Puniet (Honda) +0.385: 5. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) +0.423: 8. CHRIS VERMEULEN (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.179: 12. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.462: |
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andyk3
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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did any of you see Bradley Smiths crash  |
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paul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah i saw it looked nasty and the bbc intervied his dad aswell afterwards. I feel sorry for Lorenzo |
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andyk3
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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not seen his crash yet .. shame as i reckon he could have won this yr  |
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paul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| it was nasty his head toolk a proper bashing. Apparantly he woke up thinking he was on the 3rd bend in China. poor lad |
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andyk3
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Vermeulen fights back as Capirossi suffers cruel blow
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer Chris Vermeulen raced to a close seventh place finish at the Catalan Grand Prix near Barcelona today, as team-mate Loris Capirossi’s race came to an abrupt end when another rider crashed into him.
Vermeulen got a solid start from the third row of the grid, but was hit on the first lap by Alex de Angelis and relegated down to 14th place. He fought his way back through the field and was closing in on sixth place on the last lap, missing out on a top-six finish by 0.066 seconds at the chequered flag.
Capirossi made a good start from 12th and was up into eighth place by lap two, before disaster struck for the experienced Italian on the 11th lap. Capirossi was hit from behind by - also by de Angelis - causing him to crash at high speed and injure his hand in the process. He was immediately taken the trackside clinic where he was found to have a dislocated fracture of the fifth right metacarpus and a deep wound with loss of skin to his fifth right finger. He will not be able to ride in tomorrow’s test, but hopes to be back to fitness as soon as possible.
A record-breaking crowd at the Circuit de Catalunya of over 113,000 enjoyed warm sunshine and a comprehensive start to finish victory by local hero Dani Pedrosa on his factory Honda. Valentino Rossi on his Bridgestone-shod Yamaha was second and stays on top of the World Championship classification.
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP will now stay in Catalunya for a two-day test, when Vermeulen will be joined by Team Test Rider Nobuatsu Aoki. The team will next be in competitive action at its ‘home’ Grand Prix at Donington Park in England on Sunday 22nd June.
Chris Vermeulen:
“I made a reasonable start and had good first and second corners, but then I was hit by de Angelis and I lost few positions. I got myself back together but with everybody being so quick and close on lap-times it made it very difficult to pass. I got through the field and up to seventh, but I feel if I had had a better start I could have been in the top-five. I really want to pass on a lot of thanks to the team because they gave me a great bike for here and it was very consistent all weekend. I have to work on my qualifying and there is still a little area of the bike where we are struggling with grip and the way it uses the tyre, so hopefully in the next two days of testing we can work on that. I hope Loris is going to be alright soon, because he is a big part to our development and I wish him all the best.”
Loris Capirossi:
“It has been a really bad end to the weekend, because I felt that everything was working well on the bike and I felt good. I think I could have fought with Chris and James Toseland, but de Angelis tried a bit too hard and put me out of the race. But this is racing and sometimes things like this happen. Now I have to be careful because I have an injury and it will not be so easy for me to recover for the two races in one week. We will see, but I will certainly try to recover as quickly as I can!”
Paul Denning – Team Manager:
“MotoGP is not an easy sport but we weren’t done any favours today! When de Angelis rammed Loris off the track in turn three the result was a fracture of his right hand. The dislocated fracture has been put back into position very skilfully by Dr. Costa, and the bone has been set in a cast. The normal recovery time for that injury is some weeks, but Loris seems keen to try and be fit for Donington in 12 days time. Whether that is realistic or not, the next few days will tell! Loris gave everything – as always – and deserved a lot better for all his efforts.
“Chris rode a very strong race after a difficult first lap that saw him a long way down the field. His recovery into the top-10 was excellent and with a better start he had the pace today to fight for fifth. Unfortunately the guys at the front had more pace than us and as we have said in recent weeks it is important to try and improve the bike’s performance over race distance.
“Clearly Loris won’t be able to test here over the next two days, so his duties will now be undertaken by Nobuatsu, and Chris’s crew and the factory will be evaluating all the possibilities of getting the GSV-R as competitive as we can possibly make it for Donington and Assen in a couple of weeks time.”
Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya Race Classification:
1. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 43’02.175: 2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +2.806: 3. Casey Stoner (Ducati) +3.343: 4. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) +10.893: 5. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) +16.426: 7. CHRIS VERMEULEN (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +21.548: DNF. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP):
World Championship Classification:
1. Rossi 142: 2. Pedrosa 135: 3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 94: 4. Stoner 92: 5. Edwards 69: 8. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) 51: 11. CHRIS VERMEULEN (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) 40: |
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