Alex Barros – 11°: “This race has not really been as I expected but I did tried till the end to obtain the best possible result! The start wasn’t perfect, but my first ten laps were quite good, the constant pace I had permitted me to move up four positions, from thirteenth to the ninth position. After this, I had some difficulties with the front tire and the race became harder for me; my riding style leads me to push a lot on the front tire and when its performances are lower I suffer a lot. Nevertheless, it was a good race, battling myself with Vermeulen and Nakano until the end, then when Chris and I touched, I found it difficult to recover immediately and Shinya overtook me right on the finishing line. I’m very sorry about this because I’m sure I could be on the first six positions if I would not have problems with the front tire.”
Alex Hofmann – excluded: “There are no words to describe this day! I really wanted to have a good race today, I was determined and concentrated but in the end I could not make more than two laps! Immediately after the start, I realized I could not accelerate because of a technical problem, so I returned to the pit box to change my bike. I’m really unhappy because my race pace during practices was constant. Even today, I could run my last lap in 1.41,9”. If I could continued my race, I think I could move up till the tenth or eleventh position. I’ don’t know what I can say, I want to forget this day and focus on the next race in Istanbul.”
Official Time:
1° Valentino Rossi: 45’53.340
2° Dani Pedrosa: 45’54.586
3° Colin Edwards: 45’56.041
4° Toni Elias: 45’57.691
5° Casey Stoner: 45’58.333
11° Alex Barros: 46’18.348
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