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San Carlo Honda Gresini Friday report
Portugal GP
Edited: Apr 30, 2011, 10:54 AM
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- Simonceli surprises rivals at Estoril
- Italian lays down fast laps on Friday
- San Carlo Honda Gresini team is elated
Simoncelli happy after topping the timesheets on day one
San Carlo Honda Gresini Team’s Marco Simoncelli was fastest in both practice sessions on Friday for the bwin Grande Prémio de Portugal, despite a crash in the afternoon.
Marco Simoncelli, San Carlo Honda Gresini
Photo by: Team Gresini
After the disappointment of crashing whilst leading the race in Jerez, the 24 year old dominated both first and second practice, to finish ahead of fellow Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. Simoncelli was consistently quick on a circuit where he has enjoyed good results in the past.
His best result of his debut season was here at Estoril with a fourth place. The rider from Cattolica was happy with his set-up after improvements were made from earlier in the day and is confident of continuing enhancements throughout the weekend.
Marco Simoncelli, San Carlo Honda Gresini Team
“Yes today is a great day of course for me because I started the morning very fast. We continued this into the afternoon. We did some work on our set-up and made some modifications to the chassis and everything is working good.
"We still need to improve the grip in the first corner for the maximum angle, this is the main problem. This morning we had some problems with the brakes but we solved the issue, not completely but a very good step forward. I’m happy and confident with the set-up of my bike.”
-source: Gresini
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