KONICA MINOLTA Honda are confident of bouncing-back from a series of incidents which has seen rider Shinya Nakano sit uncharacteristically down the order during first practice for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix. With the first session at the Istanbul circuit damp it was only in the final 30-minutes of the session that riders ventured out onto the track. With temperatures low, a number of riders were caught out by the conditions. Unfortunately, a technical problem with Nakano’s Honda RCV212V meant that he had to use his number two machine, which wasn’t set-up with the fork settings and tyres the Team wanted to test for Sunday’s race. In the afternoon session bad-luck struck again, when Shinya crashed early on in the session – once more before any useful information on the chosen set-up was gained. If the Team have two incident-free sessions tomorrow, they’re confident of a turn-around in time for Sunday’s race.
Gianluca Montiron – Team Manager KONICA MINOLTA Honda
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