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Axxexs
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Bautista hade problem med sin växellåda på warm-up:en på morgonen. Verkar som om teamet inte lyckades bota felet helt då nått hände i racet.
Álvaro Bautista
“The weekend was going pretty well; we’d done a good job and I was feeling comfortable on the bike. I had a good start and was up at the front, with the idea being not to push too hard and to preserve the tyres. This morning we had experienced some tyre wear issues. My goal was to keep calm at the start and then push on later in the race, and things were going perfectly when I was up front and Aoyama was not progressing. The problem came when I had an engine issue and had my rear wheel jammed on the back straight –I couldn’t do anything. The title seems a big ask now after this setback, we will need a little bit of luck, but I have nothing to lose and can go all-out in the final races to at least say that we gave it our best shot and left nothing behind.”
Álvaro Bautista
“The weekend was going pretty well; we’d done a good job and I was feeling comfortable on the bike. I had a good start and was up at the front, with the idea being not to push too hard and to preserve the tyres. This morning we had experienced some tyre wear issues. My goal was to keep calm at the start and then push on later in the race, and things were going perfectly when I was up front and Aoyama was not progressing. The problem came when I had an engine issue and had my rear wheel jammed on the back straight –I couldn’t do anything. The title seems a big ask now after this setback, we will need a little bit of luck, but I have nothing to lose and can go all-out in the final races to at least say that we gave it our best shot and left nothing behind.”
Exakt!
Det där e ju lite intressant, Valentino brottades med ostabilitet hela helgen och Jorge som tvärtom var snabbast utom ett pass!! Menar att Vale borde såklart tidigt sett att Jiorge hittat rätt inställningar, eller
Det behöver ju inte vara så att Rossi är bekväm att köra med Lorenzos inställningar.Exakt!
Det där e ju lite intressant, Valentino brottades med ostabilitet hela helgen och Jorge som tvärtom var snabbast utom ett pass!! Menar att Vale borde såklart tidigt sett att Jiorge hittat rätt inställningar, eller
SKOMAKARN
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Gött å se STONER. 
Han verkade pigg å fräch efter racet åxå. Till skillnad från före sin lilla semester.
Men jag håller med. Inte speciellt roligt race.
Han verkade pigg å fräch efter racet åxå. Till skillnad från före sin lilla semester.
Men jag håller med. Inte speciellt roligt race.
Stoner om Schwantz:
You know something that really upset me a lot and I've lost a lot of respect for him is Kevin Schwantz. After what he said, I had a lot of respect for that guy, he's been one of my favorite riders and probably one of the most exciting riders to watch throughout my career. When somebody like that says something like that, it shows you that experience counts for nothing, which is what I've been trying to tell people for a long time now. They're always looking to the older riders to give their points of view, but unfortunately, their points of view are very hard and there's no changing them. And things that maybe happened in the past, and they stick to this, and they think that's the way it's going to go. You know it frustrates me that even people I know weren't sure if I was coming back. We took three races off to try and figure this out, they couldn't see that I was sick after every race, you know, we had an issue, we had a problem, and we had to fix it. And it's nice to come back and show people that we've fixed it, and we did have a problem, and now we're back.
Va, sitter inte de gamla förarna på sanningen?
You know something that really upset me a lot and I've lost a lot of respect for him is Kevin Schwantz. After what he said, I had a lot of respect for that guy, he's been one of my favorite riders and probably one of the most exciting riders to watch throughout my career. When somebody like that says something like that, it shows you that experience counts for nothing, which is what I've been trying to tell people for a long time now. They're always looking to the older riders to give their points of view, but unfortunately, their points of view are very hard and there's no changing them. And things that maybe happened in the past, and they stick to this, and they think that's the way it's going to go. You know it frustrates me that even people I know weren't sure if I was coming back. We took three races off to try and figure this out, they couldn't see that I was sick after every race, you know, we had an issue, we had a problem, and we had to fix it. And it's nice to come back and show people that we've fixed it, and we did have a problem, and now we're back.
Va, sitter inte de gamla förarna på sanningen?
Stoner om Schwantz:
You know something that really upset me a lot and I've lost a lot of respect for him is Kevin Schwantz. After what he said, I had a lot of respect for that guy, he's been one of my favorite riders and probably one of the most exciting riders to watch throughout my career. When somebody like that says something like that, it shows you that experience counts for nothing, which is what I've been trying to tell people for a long time now. They're always looking to the older riders to give their points of view, but unfortunately, their points of view are very hard and there's no changing them. And things that maybe happened in the past, and they stick to this, and they think that's the way it's going to go. You know it frustrates me that even people I know weren't sure if I was coming back. We took three races off to try and figure this out, they couldn't see that I was sick after every race, you know, we had an issue, we had a problem, and we had to fix it. And it's nice to come back and show people that we've fixed it, and we did have a problem, and now we're back.
Va, sitter inte de gamla förarna på sanningen?
Vad pratar han om? Like that what? Something like that what? Somebody like that what?
Såg en intervju med Schwantz där han hade en del att säga om Stoners frånvaro. Om jag inte minns fel gick den ut på att bita ihop och köra, ungefär det som alla gamla förare säger samtidigt som de berättar om hur otroligt mycket tuffare det var på deras tid, hur svåra hojarna var att köra osv osv.
Så passande att just Kevin sagt det då som avslutade sin karriär grinande på en presskonferens några race in på säsongen -95.
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Schwantz skitsnack:
”Schwantz, speaking during a media teleconference to promote next weekend’s Indianapolis round of the MotoGP World Championship, thinks there may be other factors involved.”
”And as a rider, my gut feeling is Casey needs to be out there competing. This championship, when he made a [wet] tyre choice at Donington that seemed to be a little bit off of the norm, had him right at the top of it.”
”And for me, to have signed a contract whenever it was, beginning of last year, beginning of this year, you're signing a contract to compete unless something is medically wrong with you. I'm out there doing the best that I can.”
”Whether I can give 100 percent every weekend or not is kind of the question. But for me it's a real disappointment, and I think, you know, Casey is a great competitor, and I think maybe a little bit more of this has to do with something behind the scenes that maybe none of us quite yet know about.”
”Maybe that's just some Stoner hard feelings towards Ducati or towards the series or, I don't exactly know what it could be. But to just decide you're going to skip three races and see if you feel any better at the end of it, to me, is a little bit out of the norm.”
“If your heart is not in it, it's somewhat of a high-risk profession. Maybe you're better off going to go get a desk job or at least stepping away from the sport. And that, in my situation, is what I did.”
”Schwantz, speaking during a media teleconference to promote next weekend’s Indianapolis round of the MotoGP World Championship, thinks there may be other factors involved.”
”And as a rider, my gut feeling is Casey needs to be out there competing. This championship, when he made a [wet] tyre choice at Donington that seemed to be a little bit off of the norm, had him right at the top of it.”
”And for me, to have signed a contract whenever it was, beginning of last year, beginning of this year, you're signing a contract to compete unless something is medically wrong with you. I'm out there doing the best that I can.”
”Whether I can give 100 percent every weekend or not is kind of the question. But for me it's a real disappointment, and I think, you know, Casey is a great competitor, and I think maybe a little bit more of this has to do with something behind the scenes that maybe none of us quite yet know about.”
”Maybe that's just some Stoner hard feelings towards Ducati or towards the series or, I don't exactly know what it could be. But to just decide you're going to skip three races and see if you feel any better at the end of it, to me, is a little bit out of the norm.”
“If your heart is not in it, it's somewhat of a high-risk profession. Maybe you're better off going to go get a desk job or at least stepping away from the sport. And that, in my situation, is what I did.”
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Rossi hade problem med greppet bak:
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Rossi+on+his+fourth+position+in+Portugal
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Rossi+on+his+fourth+position+in+Portugal
Axxexs
Ordinary man doing extraordinary things
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Hiroshi Aoyama
"Since the first moments,my feeling was different from the one I got from the bike during practice and warm-up. I cannot indicate a clear reason for it. But the bike was moving, and shaking. The last thing I wanted was to crash - so, I settled at a sa...fe pace. So, I cannot say I'm satisfied with the race, but nevertheless we got very important points. Phillip island,is one of my favourite tracks: I will try again!"
"Since the first moments,my feeling was different from the one I got from the bike during practice and warm-up. I cannot indicate a clear reason for it. But the bike was moving, and shaking. The last thing I wanted was to crash - so, I settled at a sa...fe pace. So, I cannot say I'm satisfied with the race, but nevertheless we got very important points. Phillip island,is one of my favourite tracks: I will try again!"
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Talanglös...... :(
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Va, sitter inte de gamla förarna på sanningen?
Jepp, och svensk förare tror att han är slut o det är sista säsongen han kör
Axxexs
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FIAT Yamaha har preliminärt vunnit team VM i MotoGP-klassen. 482 poäng mot Repsol Honda med 315 poäng. Att det räknas som preliminärt beror på att dom kan förlora 10 poäng om dom kommer behöva använda fler motorer än begränsningen.
Jide
Svartvit
Lite nörderi... 
Lorenzo har fortfarande inte hamnat utanför pallen i år, förutom de gånger han kraschat. Placeringar i fallande ordning:
4 Vinster
4 Andraplatser
2 Tredjeplatser
3 DNF
Rossi hamnade för första gången i år utanför pallen, i ett race där han inte kraschat. Visserligen fullföljde han Frankrikes GP efter en krasch, men tog inga poäng. Placeringar i fallande ordning:
6 Vinster
3 Andraplatser
1 Tredjeplats
1 Fjärdeplats
1 Sextondeplats
1 DNF
För race där de inte synat backen ser poängsnittet ut enligt följande:
Lorenzo 21,1p (11 race)
Rossi 21,0p (12 race)
Pole Positions:
Rossi 6
Lorenzo 5
De e ganska jämnt.
Lorenzo har fortfarande inte hamnat utanför pallen i år, förutom de gånger han kraschat. Placeringar i fallande ordning:
4 Vinster
4 Andraplatser
2 Tredjeplatser
3 DNF
Rossi hamnade för första gången i år utanför pallen, i ett race där han inte kraschat. Visserligen fullföljde han Frankrikes GP efter en krasch, men tog inga poäng. Placeringar i fallande ordning:
6 Vinster
3 Andraplatser
1 Tredjeplats
1 Fjärdeplats
1 Sextondeplats
1 DNF
För race där de inte synat backen ser poängsnittet ut enligt följande:
Lorenzo 21,1p (11 race)
Rossi 21,0p (12 race)
Pole Positions:
Rossi 6
Lorenzo 5
De e ganska jämnt.
Mr Magsnus
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Lite nörderi...
Lorenzo har fortfarande inte hamnat utanför pallen i år, förutom de gånger han kraschat. Placeringar i fallande ordning:
4 Vinster
4 Andraplatser
2 Tredjeplatser
3 DNF
Rossi hamnade för första gången i år utanför pallen, i ett race där han inte kraschat. Visserligen fullföljde han Frankrikes GP efter en krasch, men tog inga poäng. Placeringar i fallande ordning:
6 Vinster
3 Andraplatser
1 Tredjeplats
1 Fjärdeplats
1 Sextondeplats
1 DNF
För race där de inte synat backen ser poängsnittet ut enligt följande:
Lorenzo 21,1p (11 race)
Rossi 21,0p (12 race)
Pole Positions:
Rossi 6
Lorenzo 5
De e ganska jämnt.
Rossi 19,23p i snitt / race.
Lorenzo 17,85p i snitt / race.
Bekväm (det är väl VM) ! Jag tror Vale testat Jorges inställningar oxå fast var ändå "långsam"
Axxexs
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Jorge Lorenzo
“What a day! I'm so happy to win here again in the same track where I won my first MotoGP race last year. I worked so hard in the break on my fitness with my father, and maybe that's given me a little bit of extra speed. I certainly felt so strong this weekend, and it is great to win like this after being top in every session, as well. I got a good start, and it took me just a couple of corners to get past Dani and take the lead, but I honestly didn’t expect to be unchallenged from then on or to finish with such a big gap. This is a good track for me, but I am fast more or less everywhere now. The championship is closer now. It’s still not easy, but we have nothing to lose! I liked my leathers and helmet a lot this weekend, and I wanted to celebrate Neil Armstrong and his landing on the moon, so this is why I made this ‘moonwalk show’ after the race.”
Casey Stoner
“It is great to be competitive again and to stay that way right to the end of the race. I maybe could have been faster over the opening few laps, but I made a little mistake, which caused my foot to slip off the peg. It broke the footrest support and it was moving around in all the right-handers, so my foot was slipping off. As the laps went by, I was able to alter the foot peg position a little, but I wasn’t able to go any faster. Obviously, Jorge was too fast for us today and he did a fantastic job, but I’m still really happy today for myself and for the team. It is brilliant to come back like this, and I think it shows that the decision to take a break and tackle a physical problem that was really making it impossible for us was the right choice.”
Dani Pedrosa
“I made a very good start today and held the lead until the third corner, where I ran a little wide and Jorge came by. He was pushing really hard in the first few laps, and even though I was, too, I couldn’t match his rhythm as he opened up a gap. When Casey came past, I tried to stay with him and was able to put some pressure on and maintain a good pace. I had a moment, though, where the bike was snaking as I braked, I ran wide and I nearly crashed. That cost me some time and opened up the gap to Casey. So I’m reasonably happy with a podium, and it definitely will now be an interesting fight for third place in the championship with Casey. He is the reference in Australia, and so the next race is going to be hard-fought. I’m looking forward to it. I definitely want to win at least one of the three races left, and maybe the next one is the most important.”
Valentino Rossi
"It was a very difficult race for me. I was never able to be fast because I did not have enough grip in the rear and our tyre did not work well, but I think it was more a problem of setting. After a few laps I was in great difficulties and I immediately understood that this was not going to be "our" race. Throughout the practice sessions I had some problems but I thought that today I would be able to at least stay with Stoner and Pedrosa, but they made another step forward for the race and then there was no chance for me. On Friday I was three tenths off the pace and unfortunately this stayed the same all weekend and in the race today. Here in Estoril we struggled last year as well, so it might be that, with our setting, the rear tyre gets very hot and this causes a lack of grip. It is a pity that I am off the podium, but we have three more races and they are three great tracks. We must think race by race and we must work to understand what the problem was today in order to make sure that we fix it in time for Phillip Island".
Colin Edwards
“Like I said yesterday, if you’re the next best rider behind the top four in the world, then you’ve done a good job, and I rode the strongest race I could today. I got a good start, but we’ve been fighting some front-end movement all weekend, and I knew early on I wasn’t going to be able to go with Valentino (Rossi) in front of me. The tires worked great, but we were just missing something on the setup that meant even though Valentino was struggling a little bit, I couldn’t really put any pressure on him. As much as I couldn’t comfortably stay with the four guys in front, it was pretty easy for me to run a pace that meant I could pull away from the group behind me. Once I’d got a comfortable gap, it was just a case of staying consistent to make sure I didn’t give anybody a chance of catching me. I got a few more points back on Dovizioso for fifth in the championship, and that is a good reward for the all effort my guys at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 have put in. We’ve got three races to go, and I’ll be giving it my all, as always, because I really want that fifth spot in the championship.”
Toni Elias
“I made a mistake yesterday in qualifying and had to start from thirteenth, and even though I didn’t get off the line as well as I would have liked I soon got into my rhythm and was able to produce a good fightback. The hardest part was getting past Hayden and Dovizioso but I was able to make a move on Andrea four laps from the end and I am delighted to have held on to sixth place, which is a position we deserve. We finished ahead of one of the factory team bikes and that is important. Today we moved up into the top ten of the championship and in two weeks time we go to a circuit where we know it will be tough for us but where we hope to get the points that will help us towards our objective of seventh in the championship. Of course I owe a big thank you to all the guys in my team, who have done a fantastic job again this weekend.”
Mika Kallio
“I am very disappointed. I was doing a really good race and all of the sudden I found my bottom on the ground. I wasn’t pushing too much, in that part of the track you don’t accelerate or brake, but you maintain the rhythm to later accelerate while exiting the turn going to the final straight. The front gave up on me and I slipped to the dirt on the side of the track. I am very sorry for the all Team: they deserve to obtain a good result and I hope to give it to them in these last three races.”
Nicky Hayden
“After the morning warm-up, I was expecting a little more today, but I just didn’t feel like I had the traction I’d had for most of the weekend. The bike was moving around a lot under acceleration, and it was hard to get out of the corners. We made good progress throughout the weekend, and like I said, this morning felt quite good. But the afternoon was really warm, and maybe that affected us too much. I got a decent start and moved up a few places, but a lot of guys were able to pass me on the front straightaway, and I’m not really sure why the bike didn’t feel fast as usual. Nevertheless, we learned a lot this weekend and got some good data. I’d hoped for more, but eighth is the best we could do. It’s not for a lack of effort or hard work, but sometimes that’s not good enough. Hopefully we can do better at Phillip Island.”
James Toseland
“I really enjoyed that race and it was good to be in an exciting battle with the second group. I was running pretty much the same lap times as Dovizioso and (Toni) Elias for most of the race and there was a great battle between myself, Hayden and Capirossi. I was having the most fun in that race that I've had for a while. The difficulty for me was that I've been struggling with a cold all weekend and it is very difficult to take any kind of medication when you've got to race. Over the whole race distance I didn't realise how much the cold had taken out of me but it wasn't a big problem. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team have worked incredibly hard all weekend to give me a really good package to ride today. I'm still only twelve points off seventh in the championship and that is my target now for the remaining three races. I really want that seventh place in the championship and am looking forward to giving the team a good finish to the year.”
Randy De Puniet
“I remain speechless! We could easily finish in the top-eight but the bad luck picked on me. After the start in the first corner my right boot caught in the frame and opened. I could not turn and tried to close it for a couple of laps loosing valuable positions. Then I push hard to overtake Vermeulen but suffered an highside knocking my injured ankle in the fairing. The last four laps have been a bit painful for me and this result is not what we expected considering the good rhythm we had in the last two days”.
Loris Capirossi
The race wasn't too bad today - until we stopped! I started quite well and was with the front group, but I then lost control on turn six and lost a few places. I tried to get my rhythm back and I managed to overtake a few riders and I caught up with Toni and Andrea. I know I was quicker than them and could have got past to score a good result. Then I don't really know what happened to the bike, because it lost power, so all I could do was return to the pits. We have worked really hard this weekend to find the best way to go quicker on the GSV-R and overall our position this weekend was to fight for fifth or sixth, which is not too bad for us because this is one of the worst tracks for us in terms of performance. Everything seems to be improving and we are now looking forward to the next race."
Chris Vermeulen
"I got a good start, but from the fifth row it was always going to be difficult. I got a bit blocked in in the first few corners and that didn't help things at all. I chose the softer tyres because I knew the first part of the race was going to be very important, but after about eight laps the rear tyre that I had chosen was too soft and it started to move around a lot and the grip level dropped off. This meant I couldn't do the times I'd been doing all weekend - or that I wanted to do in the race. I am quite happy with the way I rode and the fact that I moved up through the field. We've definitely made improvements with the GSV-R at this track and I'm really looking forward to going to Phillip Island with those improvements."
Niccolò Canepa
"I expected much more today. I made a mistake at the beginning and I didn’t make it to stay between the fastest riders. I felt really good on the bike during the warm up and in the race I thought I could have stayed in the top ten. I pushed to the maximum but I couldn’t do more than this. A pity then I later lost the battle with Melandri for only twenty-three thousands of a second on the finish line. I tried to overtake him many times but it was really difficult.”
Gabor Talmacsi
"We are working hard, but practice, qualifying, race, we got always the same lap times all weekend. I do not receive the feeling I would like from the bike. For 5/6 laps I can stay with the others, but I struggle. And when I lose contact, my lap times drop. We must find a way to prepare a bike that gives me a good feeling".
Alex DeAngelis
“It is a tough day for us because it’s always frustrating to be forced out of a race by a mechanical problem but we know these things can happen and for us it was the first time this season. It is disappointing that it happened in the race and not in practice because it would have given us a warning – it was clearly an electrical problem though. This week the Honda engineers will run all the tests they need to do and they’ll tell us exactly what the problem is and I’m sure it won’t happen again. Obviously I’m disappointed because this was an important race for me and I really wanted to challenge for the top ten in the championship. Either way I’m confident because I love the next two tracks coming up and I’ll be giving it my all again.”
Raffaele De Rosa 250GP
"The 250cc race was scheduled, here in Portugal, at a time usually reserved to the 125cc bikes. And I've never been too lucky in the smaller class...
Until the crash, I enjoyed the race. I was able to find my way towards the first positions without any disturbance to the guys competing for the championship. Every passing was clear and safe. I was fast, and able to keep the pace of the leader. I cannot understand precisely the reason of the crash: the bike behaved in a way totally different from other laps, in that same point. I don't want to say that it was pure misfortune: there is always a rider on the bike, after all. Anyway, I proved all the weekend that I can fight with the best people. I'll try again in net race".
“What a day! I'm so happy to win here again in the same track where I won my first MotoGP race last year. I worked so hard in the break on my fitness with my father, and maybe that's given me a little bit of extra speed. I certainly felt so strong this weekend, and it is great to win like this after being top in every session, as well. I got a good start, and it took me just a couple of corners to get past Dani and take the lead, but I honestly didn’t expect to be unchallenged from then on or to finish with such a big gap. This is a good track for me, but I am fast more or less everywhere now. The championship is closer now. It’s still not easy, but we have nothing to lose! I liked my leathers and helmet a lot this weekend, and I wanted to celebrate Neil Armstrong and his landing on the moon, so this is why I made this ‘moonwalk show’ after the race.”
Casey Stoner
“It is great to be competitive again and to stay that way right to the end of the race. I maybe could have been faster over the opening few laps, but I made a little mistake, which caused my foot to slip off the peg. It broke the footrest support and it was moving around in all the right-handers, so my foot was slipping off. As the laps went by, I was able to alter the foot peg position a little, but I wasn’t able to go any faster. Obviously, Jorge was too fast for us today and he did a fantastic job, but I’m still really happy today for myself and for the team. It is brilliant to come back like this, and I think it shows that the decision to take a break and tackle a physical problem that was really making it impossible for us was the right choice.”
Dani Pedrosa
“I made a very good start today and held the lead until the third corner, where I ran a little wide and Jorge came by. He was pushing really hard in the first few laps, and even though I was, too, I couldn’t match his rhythm as he opened up a gap. When Casey came past, I tried to stay with him and was able to put some pressure on and maintain a good pace. I had a moment, though, where the bike was snaking as I braked, I ran wide and I nearly crashed. That cost me some time and opened up the gap to Casey. So I’m reasonably happy with a podium, and it definitely will now be an interesting fight for third place in the championship with Casey. He is the reference in Australia, and so the next race is going to be hard-fought. I’m looking forward to it. I definitely want to win at least one of the three races left, and maybe the next one is the most important.”
Valentino Rossi
"It was a very difficult race for me. I was never able to be fast because I did not have enough grip in the rear and our tyre did not work well, but I think it was more a problem of setting. After a few laps I was in great difficulties and I immediately understood that this was not going to be "our" race. Throughout the practice sessions I had some problems but I thought that today I would be able to at least stay with Stoner and Pedrosa, but they made another step forward for the race and then there was no chance for me. On Friday I was three tenths off the pace and unfortunately this stayed the same all weekend and in the race today. Here in Estoril we struggled last year as well, so it might be that, with our setting, the rear tyre gets very hot and this causes a lack of grip. It is a pity that I am off the podium, but we have three more races and they are three great tracks. We must think race by race and we must work to understand what the problem was today in order to make sure that we fix it in time for Phillip Island".
Colin Edwards
“Like I said yesterday, if you’re the next best rider behind the top four in the world, then you’ve done a good job, and I rode the strongest race I could today. I got a good start, but we’ve been fighting some front-end movement all weekend, and I knew early on I wasn’t going to be able to go with Valentino (Rossi) in front of me. The tires worked great, but we were just missing something on the setup that meant even though Valentino was struggling a little bit, I couldn’t really put any pressure on him. As much as I couldn’t comfortably stay with the four guys in front, it was pretty easy for me to run a pace that meant I could pull away from the group behind me. Once I’d got a comfortable gap, it was just a case of staying consistent to make sure I didn’t give anybody a chance of catching me. I got a few more points back on Dovizioso for fifth in the championship, and that is a good reward for the all effort my guys at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 have put in. We’ve got three races to go, and I’ll be giving it my all, as always, because I really want that fifth spot in the championship.”
Toni Elias
“I made a mistake yesterday in qualifying and had to start from thirteenth, and even though I didn’t get off the line as well as I would have liked I soon got into my rhythm and was able to produce a good fightback. The hardest part was getting past Hayden and Dovizioso but I was able to make a move on Andrea four laps from the end and I am delighted to have held on to sixth place, which is a position we deserve. We finished ahead of one of the factory team bikes and that is important. Today we moved up into the top ten of the championship and in two weeks time we go to a circuit where we know it will be tough for us but where we hope to get the points that will help us towards our objective of seventh in the championship. Of course I owe a big thank you to all the guys in my team, who have done a fantastic job again this weekend.”
Mika Kallio
“I am very disappointed. I was doing a really good race and all of the sudden I found my bottom on the ground. I wasn’t pushing too much, in that part of the track you don’t accelerate or brake, but you maintain the rhythm to later accelerate while exiting the turn going to the final straight. The front gave up on me and I slipped to the dirt on the side of the track. I am very sorry for the all Team: they deserve to obtain a good result and I hope to give it to them in these last three races.”
Nicky Hayden
“After the morning warm-up, I was expecting a little more today, but I just didn’t feel like I had the traction I’d had for most of the weekend. The bike was moving around a lot under acceleration, and it was hard to get out of the corners. We made good progress throughout the weekend, and like I said, this morning felt quite good. But the afternoon was really warm, and maybe that affected us too much. I got a decent start and moved up a few places, but a lot of guys were able to pass me on the front straightaway, and I’m not really sure why the bike didn’t feel fast as usual. Nevertheless, we learned a lot this weekend and got some good data. I’d hoped for more, but eighth is the best we could do. It’s not for a lack of effort or hard work, but sometimes that’s not good enough. Hopefully we can do better at Phillip Island.”
James Toseland
“I really enjoyed that race and it was good to be in an exciting battle with the second group. I was running pretty much the same lap times as Dovizioso and (Toni) Elias for most of the race and there was a great battle between myself, Hayden and Capirossi. I was having the most fun in that race that I've had for a while. The difficulty for me was that I've been struggling with a cold all weekend and it is very difficult to take any kind of medication when you've got to race. Over the whole race distance I didn't realise how much the cold had taken out of me but it wasn't a big problem. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team have worked incredibly hard all weekend to give me a really good package to ride today. I'm still only twelve points off seventh in the championship and that is my target now for the remaining three races. I really want that seventh place in the championship and am looking forward to giving the team a good finish to the year.”
Randy De Puniet
“I remain speechless! We could easily finish in the top-eight but the bad luck picked on me. After the start in the first corner my right boot caught in the frame and opened. I could not turn and tried to close it for a couple of laps loosing valuable positions. Then I push hard to overtake Vermeulen but suffered an highside knocking my injured ankle in the fairing. The last four laps have been a bit painful for me and this result is not what we expected considering the good rhythm we had in the last two days”.
Loris Capirossi
The race wasn't too bad today - until we stopped! I started quite well and was with the front group, but I then lost control on turn six and lost a few places. I tried to get my rhythm back and I managed to overtake a few riders and I caught up with Toni and Andrea. I know I was quicker than them and could have got past to score a good result. Then I don't really know what happened to the bike, because it lost power, so all I could do was return to the pits. We have worked really hard this weekend to find the best way to go quicker on the GSV-R and overall our position this weekend was to fight for fifth or sixth, which is not too bad for us because this is one of the worst tracks for us in terms of performance. Everything seems to be improving and we are now looking forward to the next race."
Chris Vermeulen
"I got a good start, but from the fifth row it was always going to be difficult. I got a bit blocked in in the first few corners and that didn't help things at all. I chose the softer tyres because I knew the first part of the race was going to be very important, but after about eight laps the rear tyre that I had chosen was too soft and it started to move around a lot and the grip level dropped off. This meant I couldn't do the times I'd been doing all weekend - or that I wanted to do in the race. I am quite happy with the way I rode and the fact that I moved up through the field. We've definitely made improvements with the GSV-R at this track and I'm really looking forward to going to Phillip Island with those improvements."
Niccolò Canepa
"I expected much more today. I made a mistake at the beginning and I didn’t make it to stay between the fastest riders. I felt really good on the bike during the warm up and in the race I thought I could have stayed in the top ten. I pushed to the maximum but I couldn’t do more than this. A pity then I later lost the battle with Melandri for only twenty-three thousands of a second on the finish line. I tried to overtake him many times but it was really difficult.”
Gabor Talmacsi
"We are working hard, but practice, qualifying, race, we got always the same lap times all weekend. I do not receive the feeling I would like from the bike. For 5/6 laps I can stay with the others, but I struggle. And when I lose contact, my lap times drop. We must find a way to prepare a bike that gives me a good feeling".
Alex DeAngelis
“It is a tough day for us because it’s always frustrating to be forced out of a race by a mechanical problem but we know these things can happen and for us it was the first time this season. It is disappointing that it happened in the race and not in practice because it would have given us a warning – it was clearly an electrical problem though. This week the Honda engineers will run all the tests they need to do and they’ll tell us exactly what the problem is and I’m sure it won’t happen again. Obviously I’m disappointed because this was an important race for me and I really wanted to challenge for the top ten in the championship. Either way I’m confident because I love the next two tracks coming up and I’ll be giving it my all again.”
Raffaele De Rosa 250GP
"The 250cc race was scheduled, here in Portugal, at a time usually reserved to the 125cc bikes. And I've never been too lucky in the smaller class...
Until the crash, I enjoyed the race. I was able to find my way towards the first positions without any disturbance to the guys competing for the championship. Every passing was clear and safe. I was fast, and able to keep the pace of the leader. I cannot understand precisely the reason of the crash: the bike behaved in a way totally different from other laps, in that same point. I don't want to say that it was pure misfortune: there is always a rider on the bike, after all. Anyway, I proved all the weekend that I can fight with the best people. I'll try again in net race".
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