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MotoGP
2005 - Round 12 - Motegi MotoGP Second Practice - Ducati Report September 16th, 2005
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MotoGP
2005 - Round 12 - Motegi MotoGP Second Practice - Ducati Report September 16th, 2005
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| Ducati Marlboro Team
riders Loris Capirossi and Carlos Checa had differing first
day experiences at the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, with
Capirossi fast on race tyres in each of the first two
unofficial one hour sessions, ending his day second
quickest. Checa worked hard on set-up for this
often-tortuous circuit and ended his opening account ninth
on the time sheets. Capirossi laid an early claim to the top Friday position of all then with 30 minutes remaining he posted a series of blistering laps, leading his peers by over half a second for a long period. Only John Hopkins was to overtake his time, with his final throw. Checa stopped out on track with an electrical problem in the morning session, but nonetheless posted his fastest single lap of the day in that period. Motegi has a good pedigree for Bridgestone riders, with the top three runners on day one all using Bridgestone tyres. "Loris had a unbelievable session here today," said Ducati MotoGP Project Manager Livio Suppo. "He was consistently very fast and his rhythm is unbelievable. He did almost half a session with the same back tyre. We can say that the package works very well and thanks to Bridgestone, they have made an unbelievable job. Carlos is struggling a little bit more with the set-up of the bike, but this morning was very good, so let's see for tomorrow. We are confident."
Loris Capirossi made no fewer
than 11 laps under the previous best qualifying time, set in
2004, in what was a highly positive opening day at Motegi. Carlos Checa spent day one looking for an ideal race set-up, setting his best time in the morning session and ending up ninth fastest on combined times. He knows there is still work to do on day two, and is focused on finding improvements. "So far what we have done
has not improved the set-up of the bike," said Carlos, "I am
finding some limitations and they have carried on and so far
we are not able to improve. Tomorrow I hope we will get
faster and move up. I will try to work as well as possible.
At the moment we are quite behind the other Bridgestone guys
here, and we are losing something we need to find." |
MotoGP Championship
2005
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