The Grand Prix of Turkey promises to be a real challenge for the Team Honda Gresini riders as they start from the fourth and fifth rows of the grid.
After finding a good race pace during practice Toni Elias is counting on making a good start and making full use of the hard braking zones at the Turkish track to make up positions. The Spaniard was in spectacular form today as he lit up the circuit with a series of his trademark slides.
Marco Melandri finds himself in exactly the same position as last year, when he charged from 14th on the grid to take victory in Istanbul for the second successive season. The team is working hard to make sure Marco can find the right set-up during tomorrow’s warm-up and launch another fightback in the race.
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