MotoGP
Turkish GP: Pramac d'Antin Friday notes
DEBUT ON THE TURKISH TRACK FOR THE PRAMAC D'ANTIN MOTOGP RIDERS Good weather conditions, despite some wind, during the first free practice day in Turkey. The two Pramac d'Antin MotoGP riders discovered the Istanbul Park Circuit this Friday, a ...
Edited: Apr 29, 2006, 6:36 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
DEBUT ON THE TURKISH TRACK FOR THE PRAMAC D'ANTIN MOTOGP RIDERS
Good weather conditions, despite some wind, during the first free practice day in Turkey. The two Pramac d'Antin MotoGP riders discovered the Istanbul Park Circuit this Friday, a track they never had seen before. After a careful study of the trajectories to make, both the riders concentrated themselves on the definition of the ideal set-up for their Ducati Desmosedici GP06 "Sat." The German Alex Hofmann obtained the 18th time while the Spanish Jose Luis Cardoso classified himself 19th. They both are motivated and tomorrow they will have another free practice session at their disposal before taking part to the single qualifying session reserved to the MotoGP class riders, at 2 p.m. (GMT+3).
ALEX HOFMANN #66 (18th - 1'57''467): "It was my first time on this circuit, I must say that it was constructed very well, there are corners of every type, up-and-downs, and slow and fast parts as well; on the riding side, you really enjoy it a lot! The weather was also nice today, there was some wind but not as much as in Qatar, so we're used to these conditions. About the set-up, we received some new tyres made for our motorcycle and they satisfied us more. The fact is that, with more grip on the rear, we must completely review the set-up of the bike, we must work to find a good balance between the front and the rear. Anyway, to know in which direction we need to work is surely a positive thing. Tomorrow we will make the maximum to find the solutions that will allow us to face the Sunday race in the best manner".
JOSE LUIS CARDOSO #30 (19th - 1'58''007): "We made a lot of test on the tyres: on the front we continue to have quite good sensations but we still need to find a rear tyre more adapted. This circuit is difficult but I like it, there are a lot of blind corners and the track is really nice. The last part is quite complicated but it's alright, this is the same thing for everybody. I want to concentrate myself on the set-up of the bike to obtain a good result, the whole Team deserves it and tomorrow we will work for this".
ANDRE LAUGIER - Track Engineer of Jose Luis Cardoso: "We received new tyres and tested a part of them today, without particularly positive results for Cardoso, while there were small improvements for Hofmann. Tomorrow we will make the last test to define the final set-up for the race. Anyway both our riders ride in a different way and this makes us doing different choices with the tyres as well".
-pda
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Turkish GP: Practice 1 times
Next article Turkish GP: Starting grid
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jose Luis Cardoso
Standings after Japanese GP
MotoGP
MotoGP
Standings after Japanese GP
Japanese GP: Warmup times
MotoGP
MotoGP
Japanese GP: Warmup times
Japanese GP: Race results
MotoGP
MotoGP
Japanese GP: Race results
Latest news
Dale Earnhardt Jr. reveals his hopes for future NASCAR O'Reilly car platform
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
24 min
Dale Earnhardt Jr. reveals his hopes for future NASCAR O'Reilly car platform
F1 Brazilian GP: Max Verstappen edges out Kimi Antonelli in FP3
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
45 min
F1 Brazilian GP: Max Verstappen edges out Kimi Antonelli in FP3
WEC Monza: Antonio Fuoco takes pole for Ferrari
WEC
WEC WEC
Monza
1 h
WEC Monza: Antonio Fuoco takes pole for Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen hit with F1 grid penalties for Brazilian GP
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
1 h
Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen hit with F1 grid penalties for Brazilian GP
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe