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2009-03-29 Lorenzo fastest on day 1 in Jerez - times and claims
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 Last official MotoGP test before start of the 2009 MotoGP season started with rain that threatened to spoil work of MotoGP teams, which came to Jerez in order to fine tune their bikes before season opener. However, sun emerged before lunchtime and resurfaced Spanish track was soon dry, allowing teams to proceed with planned work. Jorge Lorenzo took title of the fastest man of the day in Jerez, as he edged his team-mate Valentino Rossi for just 0.07 seconds. Casey Stoner brought his Ducati to 3rd place, despite not being fan of Spanish circuit, which from some reason does not suit his Ducati Desmosedici. Read rider claims after the day 1 in Jerez.
Jorge Lorenzo - 1st - 1:39.791, 99 laps:
I am very satisfied because I have improved through every hour of the day today. In the beginning it was quite difficult because there was rain this morning and the track was wet, but after lunch I was able to improve and was fastest for most of the afternoon and able to put in a great performance. I rode many laps – the same amount as my new number in fact – and I was able to confirm the good feeling that I had on the last day in Qatar, when I was second. We still need to keep working, this is just the beginning, but I think we’re going in the right way. Tomorrow I want to make one more step, but I am not thinking about winning the car. With regards to the Bridgestone tyres, I think the front is very different and you are able to go faster into the corners. I hope the sun shines again tomorrow!
Valentino Rossi - 2nd - 1:39.861, 65 laps:
It’s been a good day. Unfortunately this morning it rained but in the end it didn’t matter so much because the grip was good this afternoon with the new asphalt and we were able to do some important work. I had a good feeling with my M1 in November and it was the same today and I was able to do a lot of laps in a good rhythm. In the end we used the softer of the two Bridgestone tyres to try to improve the time and I was able to do a 39, but I was fast with the harder tyre as well. We tried a lot of different things on the bike and I am feeling confident and happy; already today we’ve got through half our workload so hopefully tomorrow morning the weather can be good so we can get through the other half and then be free to focus on winning the car in the afternoon. There are one or two places on the track where I’m not at 100%, but we will try to fix that in the morning.
Casey Stoner - 3rd - 1:39.906:
Jerez has been our weak point for the last couple of seasons and for some reason our bike just doesn’t like it here. There used to be a lot of bumps that unsettled it but to be fair a lot of them were ironed out when they re-laid the surface and now it’s hard to put my finger on the problem. I think every Ducati rider is in the same boat – Jerez is like our kryptonite! So basically we’re not working on general set-up because we know the data we get here will be useless everywhere else - the target is to work on finding something that will help us get around this circuit and limit the damage when the race comes around. As far as my wrist is concerned, the hard-braking left-handers are tricky but other than that it is okay and I have no concerns about going race distance.
Chris Vermeulen - 4th:
It's been good to come back to a track like Jerez because it is very different to Malaysia and Qatar where we have already tested this year. We didn't come to the test here last year - like the other teams did - and for us to get mostly a dry day today was very important and it has proved that the new bike has definitely taken a step forward at all kinds of circuits. We've have been consistently fast more than we were last year and the bike feels a lot easier to ride. We had a good day today and tried a lot of parts and found a good base setting for this track. We still have a bit of work to do to catch the front guys - who did some very fast times today. My guys will look at today's data and hopefully make the necessary improvements to make sure I can challenge for that new car in the afternoon!
Colin Edwards - 5th – 1:40.579:
Today was a good day once the track dried out and I’m happy with my times. I’m not taking any risks so close to the first race, so to be challenging up in the top six is a bonus and I was feeling good out there. I’ve got to say that Yamaha has done a great job with the new chassis. You can enter the corner so hard and so fast and I don’t think I’ve found the full potential of the Bridgestone front tyre yet. I’m a front-end guy so the combination of the new chassis and the Bridgestone front tyre is really helping me and I’m really confident with the package. It also felt good to be out there today in the new Monster Yamaha Tech 3 livery. I like it and I’m sure the fans will do as well.
Loris Capirossi - 6th - 1:40.650:
It has been a positive day today and we spent a lot of time working on detailed settings. Stuart is a great Crew Chief and we tried so many things today to get the best feel, and I only used two sets of tyres all day to find the best settings for the bike on old tyres. We tried many things to find the best solution for tomorrow and I think that we are close and can concentrate just on lap-times tomorrow. I am happy with the progress and the bike is still as competitive as it was in the first test and we are pleased with where we are at the moment.
Andrea Dovizioso - 7th - 1:40.821, 74 laps:
Despite the rain this morning the track dried quite quickly so we could make good use of the day. That’s good because Honda has brought a lot of new material here and we’ve got a lot of things to test. In general the package has improved and we’ve made progress on both the engine and chassis side. Obviously we want to take another step to make sure we’re fully competitive at the first race, so we’re planning to have another good day tomorrow.
Alex de Angelis - 8th -1:40.900, 75 laps:
At the start of the day we had a few problems finding traction and also getting the bike turned in tight corners. The team made some modifications and the bike felt better, so I was pushing to improve my lap times when I crashed. Basically I just ran a little wide on the exit of the corner, touched the grass at the side of the track, which was still wet from this morning, so I lost the front and couldn’t keep it upright. Luckily I was unhurt and I was determined to get back because things had just started to improve for us. The guys did a great job to set up my other bike quickly and I was able to get back on the pace. Now we have a great base to work from tomorrow.
Nicky Hayden - 9th - 1:40.987:
We were lucky today because it looked like the weather was going to be a disaster. This morning we decided to go out and do some laps anyway just to check the performance of the wet tyres on a damp track because we won’t have any intermediates this year. When it dried out in the afternoon we found that the bike had improved in some areas but there are other things we really need to work on. We’ll speak to Filippo Preziosi this evening, analyse the data and try to do much better tomorrow because it would be nice to be pushing near the front before we go to Qatar.
Toni Elias - 10th - 1:41.049, 80 laps:
I’m not completely satisfied with today because we haven’t improved as much as I would have liked. We’re over a second off the fastest guys and I want to be much closer. We have a great engine – it is really, really good – but we have to make the chassis work much better. We’re struggling to get enough heat into the rear tyre to gain the traction we need and it is something we have been working on all preseason. The new tyre restrictions haven’t helped us out with this, but it is down to us to adapt. We only have one day of testing left before the start of the season so we want to try and make the most of every available minute tomorrow.
James Toseland - 11th – 1.41.122
I felt much better today and the old confidence was coming back. I was back in the top ten for most of the day and I’m back within a second of the guys running at the front. That’s encouraging because I’ve been much further back than that in the previous tests after the big crash I had in Sepang. It is nice to know that the competitive times are coming back again. I did over 80 laps today as well and that was the time on the bike I needed. The development rear tyre Bridgestone is really good and there’s a lot more I can get out of that, so that’s another positive from today. It was also good to be out riding the new Monster Yamaha Tech 3 colours. I’m sure we are going to have a good season together and the bike looks unbelievable.
Randy de Puniet - 13th - 1:41.168, 77 laps:
It was a good day and we did a good job, even if the position is not so brilliant. However this is our first outing in Europe and we had to put kilometres on the clock to clear up some points. I am pretty sure we can improve our lap time tomorrow because today I lapped with a hard compound rear tyre. Honestly our target is different: we expect to qualify between the 6th and 10th position. We have got a good level and I am aware that Stoner, Rossi and Lorenzo are very fast but the following positions are still open. I am getting used to these tyres and think we will keep on working on engine mapping in tomorrow’s last day of testing. We also kept one tyre to test and will do a race simulation after the BMW competition.
Mika Kallio – 14th - 1:41.226:
We are not too far from the middle group, but anyway I am not too happy because I know I can do much better. I don’t really like this position; tomorrow I will try to stay no more than a second from the fastest rider. Surely I still have to improve my riding style with this bike, but I think I found the right method of work to increase my feeling when on the track.
Yuki Takahashi - 15th - 1:41.362, 73 laps:
The weather was not so good at the start of the day, so we stayed in the pit until almost one o’clock. I wasn’t so happy about that but the weather got better and we were able to start testing. I am very happy with what we did today. I still need understand this bike, it’s my first year in MotoGP, so I want to ride many laps and try many things. Today we tried many things with the front end – suspension, weight distribution and so on. I think we found a good setting for the future. Tomorrow we want to focus on testing different things with the rear end. The priority is to continue getting better, step by step.
Niccolò Canepa – 17th - 1:41.851:
I didn’t ride too well, but today I found a little too many complications that didn’t allow me to ride for many consecutive laps. I hope tomorrow will be better. Surely to be so far back in the standing is not a pleasure, but I know I can do much more and tomorrow I will give all possible to demonstrate it.
Kousuke Akiyoshi - 18th - 1:42.286, 69 laps:
This was quite a good first day. Though it rained in the morning, we managed to do some work on wet settings, which was useful. It’s my third time on this machine and there is still a lot of power to get used to! When the circuit dried we were able to begin working on a range of engine and chassis settings and the progress was pretty good, taking one step at a time. I’m quite happy with my lap time from today, and we’ll be looking to improve that further tomorrow.
Test Times - Jerez day 1
1. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1:39.791
2. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1:39.861
3. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team 1:39.906
4. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:40.572
5. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:40.579
6. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:40.650
7. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda 1:40.821
8. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:40.900
9. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team 1:40.987
10. Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:41.049
11. James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:41.122
12. Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team 1:41.160
13. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP 1:41.168
14. Mika Kallio (FIN) Pramac Racing 1:41.226
15. Yuki Takahashi (JPN) Scot Racing Team 1:41.362
16. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Grupo Francisco Hernando 1:41.737
17. Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing 1:41.851
Jerez: Record Lap
D. Pedrosa (Honda) 2008, 1:40.116
Jerez: Best Lap
J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2008, 1:38.189
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Diecast model of the 2010 Ducati Desmosedici GP10 of Casey Stoner. This 1:10 model is a valuable piece of MotoGP history, being the bike Stoner last ridden before his switch to Honda.
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