The Gresini Honda Riders Look Confident To The Beginning Of The Championship
Feb 26, 2007
Gresini Honda
The third and last day of testing at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain was extremely useful to collect important data in order to be ready for the first round of the 2007 Motogp World Championship, that will take place in Qatar on the 10th of March.
The Gresini Honda riders worked on set up and tyre testing before focusing on qualifying tyres in the 40 minutes of Official practices in the early afternoon.
Toni Elias (11?, 1’40"202, 44 laps in total):
“We are struggling a bit because we need to adjust the bike to the new tyres so we need to work a lot on suspension and chassis. All in all, I’m confident because the Bridgestone technicians are working very hard and the team is doing a great job”.
Marco Melandri (14?, 1’40"396, 44 laps in total):
“It was a difficult day but this 3 day testing session very important to collect data and understand many things about the bike. This afternoon I also made a race simulation and we improved the race rhythm. We need to make a step forward with the qualifying tyre but I’m confident that the Bridgestone technicians will do their best. I’m confident because I trust a lot my team and our partners”.
Official Practices
1. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha Factory Racing) - 1’38.394
2. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) - 1’38.527
3. Colin Edwards (Yamaha Factory Racing) - 1’39.300
4. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) - 1’39.55
5. Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki Racing Team) - 1’39.832
6. Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team) - 1’39.873
7. Loris Capirossi (Ducati Marlboro Team) - 1’39.887
8. Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki MotoGP) - 1’40.043
9. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Team Roberts) - 1’40.083
10. Carlos Checa (Honda LCR) - 1’40.100
11. Toni Elias (Honda Gresini) - 1’40.202
12. Shinya Nakano (Konica Minolta Honda) - 1’40.242
13. Makoto Tamada (Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3) - 1’40.307
14. Marco Melandri (Honda Gresini) - 1’40.396
15. Olivier Jacque (Kawasaki Racing Team) - 1’40.551
16. Alex Hofmann (Pramac d’Antin) - 1’40.681
17. Alex Barros (Pramac d’Antin) - 1’41.038
18. Kousuke Akiyoshi (Rizla Suzuki MotoGP) - 1’41.805
19. Sylvain Guintoli (Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3) - 1’42.215
20. Vittoriano Guareschi (Ducati Marlboro Team - Test) - 1’43.008
