 Sete Gibernau continued with something that has become usual for him this season - making costly mistakes, which have put him to 6th place in the championship, which is something we were not used to see in last two seasons. Meanwhile, Carlos Checa is having consistently strong race finishes as end of the season approaches, with Toni Elias finally injury free and steadily claiming towards the top of the MotoGP field.
Sete Gibernau - 4th
This is not my year and it’s a shame because the team did a great job this weekend and we had a great chance to take our first win. We have wasted another chance but race after race things have not gone my way. I went off after a mistake; I went into a corner to quickly and tried to brake but couldn’t. It cost us dear again.
Carlos Checa - 5th
My position at the start was not the best and some of the other riders were really aggressive. This is racing but I made a quick recovery. I got a good pace but I could not keep it. We lost some grip towards the end and I had to slow. Other riders started closing from behind so I pushed hard to keep my position safe. I was controlling the gap to the rider behind, but trying to catch Sete Gibernau up ahead was impossible. I think we did the maximum we could with the package we had here, so I am satisfied for that, even if we need to push to improve next time. The aim for me this weekend was to finish top five and that is what we got.
Toni Elias - 6th
I got away well, but it was impossible to keep up with the rhythm of the top three of four riders – I’m still not at that level yet. I was going along comfortably with Checa and we left behind the group who were chasing us. Then I made a mistake and he got away from me. From that moment I fought hard and got ahead of Tamada and Barros and, on the last lap, caught up with Edwards. I got past him two corners from the end in a section I knew I was quicker than him. This morning I got up and noticed that the temperature was about five degrees higher and we decided to use a hard Michelin tyre during the warm-up and then in the race also. It was a bit risky, but after five laps of the race they had warmed up and after that they worked very well. I am very happy with our progression and I hope to continue like this in the final race of the season.
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