Comments (0) 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 43’11.897
2. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 43’11.992
3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 43’20.781
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 43’20.833
5. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 43’31.728
6. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 43’34.079
7. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43’35.444
8. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 43’37.162
1. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 1’41.974
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1’41.987
3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1’42.426
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1’42.594
5. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1’43.139
6. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1’43.168
7. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 1’43.175
8. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1’43.207
“I know it’s only sixth position but still I’m pretty happy because I was running up front throughout the session and having fun, which is what racing is supposed to be about!
Basically “Vitto” (Guareschi) stayed on in Mugello and tested a lot and we have changed almost everything on the bike other than the handgrips! We’ve altered the electronics and the geometry a lot to help me get the bike turning and we’ve taken a big step. I don’t want to get too excited because it’s only Friday and we’ve got to keep working hard but I want to say that I am very grateful to the team and to “Vitto”, Filippo (Preziosi) and “Pippi” (Cristhian Pupulin) and the Test Team in particular.
Nobody here has given up on me even after a few bad races and I have always made it clear I won’t give up on them. We have had to stay mentally strong and keep positive, even though that hasn’t been easy. Hopefully we’re on to something here and all the hard work will start paying off.”
1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 1’43.038
2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 1’43.340
3 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 1’43.636
4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 1’43.684
5 Randy De Puniet Honda FRA 1’43.871
6 Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 1’44.152
7 Loris Capirossi Suzuki ITA 1’44.340
8 Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 1’44.419
American Repsol Honda rider Nicky Hayden had another tough race, coming in eighth after running sixth.The Kentucky Kid looked strong in the early stages but set-up issues prevented him from holding a consistent fast pace.
Nicky Hayden, 8th place, 9th in World Championship
“We knew the race was going to be tough. Our bike has worked quite well when we had grip but something with the set-up right now we’re not getting the tyre life we need.
It was okay in the beginning but I couldn’t maintain the pace. Something in the set-up is hurting the tyre life, it’s quite frustrating. We were in there early and thought we might be on for a good result and then we lost touch and went backward. The rear brake went out towards the end which didn’t help things.
Eighth place is not what we want. We’ve got a really important two days of testing which we need. I’m certainly looking forward to it, hopefully we can get a couple of things sorted out.”
