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MotoGP
2005 - Round 8 - Laguna Seca MotoGP Second Practice - Ducati Report July 8th, 2005
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MotoGP
2005 - Round 8 - Laguna Seca MotoGP Second Practice - Ducati Report July 8th, 2005
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| Ducati Team Carlos Checa
placed tenth quickest in today's opening two practices
sessions at Laguna Seca. Team-mate Loris Capirossi ended the
day receiving medical attention for a bad attack of
gastroenteritis after he'd been 12th in this morning's
two-hour session, designed to allow riders to familiarise
themselves with this notoriously difficult racetrack. Loris was very unlucky today, because he missed most of this afternoon's session," said Ducati MotoGP project manager Livio Suppo. "Hopefully he will feel better tomorrow and be able to ride 100 per cent. Carlos is growing step by step, gradually adjusting his bike for the track. This circuit isn't so easy, but today's experience will help us improve tomorrow." Carlos Checa ended the day tenth quickest, eight tenths off 'pole position' and just a fraction behind reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi. "We've changed the balance of the bike, just adjusting small things," he said. "We've had some front-end push and we're trying to make the rear more stable. But it's very difficult to find a good compromise at this track, it's so uphill and downhill that you'll never get the bike to be perfect. We also changed the gearbox after this morning, because, of course, it wasn't right for our very first session here. We've also tried a lot of Bridgestone tyres. Everything is going okay and getting better, even though we're not in the right position so far. The track doesn't seem dangerous, just quite difficult at a few points." Loris Capirossi only rode a few laps of this afternoon's practice session before retiring to the Clinica Mobile, where he received treatment for a bad attack of gastroenteritis, with nausea, headache and fever. The Italian fell sick between today's two sessions but did his best to ride his Ducati Desmosedici in the second session. Clinica doctors aren't sure whether the sickness was caused by cold or bad food. After this morning's session Capirossi said: "In general the whole package is working okay here. This track is really nice but it's not very suitable for MotoGP bikes, there are too many dangerous areas." |
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2005
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