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2008-02-18  Nicky Hayden sets lap record on final day of Jerez test
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Nicky Hayden set new fastest MotoGP lap on final day of testing at the Official MotoGP Tests in Jerez de la Frontera today, in conditions that were not ideal - dump in the morning, dry but cold in the afternoon. Jorge Lorenzo once again proved how he can be quick, as he set second fastest time on Michelin Qualifier, in front of another rookie, Andrea Dovizioso. Randy de Puniet put himself in front of two champions, Rossi in 5th and Stoner in 6th. Read rider impressions after final day of Jerez test. Nicky Hayden - 1st - 1:38.848s, 82 laps: It’s definitely been a really positive and productive three days. We had high hopes coming here because when we tested here in November the bike worked pretty good and Michelin tyres normally work good at Jerez, so this is a good track for us, also there’s no big long straightaways. The wind here has made it tough, the conditions haven’t been easy, but I do feel more comfortable on this year’s bike in the wind. The team really worked hard and made some good moves and good decisions. We didn’t make a lot of big changes, we just got closer to race settings, tried a couple of qualifiers and did a 25 lap run. The chassis seems to be working good and also the tyres are working good. We tried a few different tyre options, and we’re still checking data between the 16 and 16.5 rears. But the show hasn’t started yet, we’ll find out what everybody’s really got and what we’re in for when we get to Qatar but we leave here pretty happy. At the Qatar tests we’ll see how it is under the lights and dial everything in for the first race. Jorge Lorenzo - 2nd - 1:39.252, 60 laps We’ve finished the three days second after a very fast lap this afternoon with the Michelin qualifying tyre, so I’m really happy about this. With the race tyre however we’re not in such good shape and we have quite a lot of work to do. We need to be faster but to do this I need to have more grip and more confidence. We need to speak a lot with Michelin in order to try to solve this, but I am confident that my team, the engineers and Michelin together will find the solution. Now the first race is very close and we don’t have a lot of time, but we are working very hard. Overall though it’s been an important three days and I am very happy that we’re so good with the qualifying tyre. I am looking forward to something new in Qatar now; riding at night! Andrea Dovizioso - 3rd - 1:39.313, 65 laps: Despite the bad weather this morning we concentrated our attention this afternoon on qualifying tyres, which Michelin gave us in quantity and in different types. After finding the right settings we went out for a few runs, which confirmed to us the good performance of these tyres on my 800cc Honda and now I can grow in confidence with the MotoGP bike on qualifying tyres, which we didn’t use in the 250cc class. The team worked very well together and I think we’re now in position to do even better at the final test. Randy De Puniet - 4th - 1:39.351, 68 laps: Today we focused our work mainly on tyres testing getting good results. Today’s conditions were not perfect so we started at 2 pm and the wind was very strong. However we tested some rear tyres improving our pace and, at the end of the day, I came out on qualifiers improving my lap time as well thus I feel pretty satisfied. This track is too short to develop the new engine so we will work it out in Qatar. Valentino Rossi - 5th - 1:39.568, 79 laps: At the end of today it was quite cold which made things difficult, and generally the conditions have made our job harder for the whole three days. Despite this I think we’ve done some good work; I have a good rhythm and I am having a lot of fun riding the bike. I’m quite excited now about the start of the season! We have things to work on, especially our speed in the exit of the corner, which was worse today because we had less grip on the damp track. Overall though it’s been good, and I think we’ve learnt a lot both about the bike and the Bridgestones, plus I have been quite fast both with the qualifier and the race tyres. I didn’t use the qualifier I like best here, so I am confident that when we use it in Qatar we can be faster. Now there’s just one test left, which will be in the dark and t herefore something quite strange! We will focus on our final days of preparation and be ready for the first race. Casey Stoner - 7th - 1:39.845, 57 laps: The conditions haven't been perfect here this weekend but this afternoon the sun came back out and we were finally able to get some good laps in and work on finding some more grip on the rear. We had another chassis setting prepared on my second bike but the crash meant that we weren't able to switch the tyres over and make a direct comparison so that was a shame. The wind was making it quite difficult in some corners and it didn't help with the crash but it was just a small front end slide and I was fine. We were able to continue the test and I tried out a completely new qualifying tyre. We actually tried it at the wrong time of the day because the wind was up and I could have gone much faster a little later on but the point of the test wasn't to set the fastest time but to see if the new qualifier was better than the previous one, which it was so that was positive. Generally speaking it has been a very positive test although we have been careful not to make the setting too specific to this circuit because it is very unique and you often find that the same setting doesn't work as well anywhere else. Now I'm really looking forward to going to Qatar, seeing how the bike goes there and making the final preparations for the start of the season. Alex De Angelis - 8th -1:39.932, 56 laps: I am very happy with my race pace. I did 20 consecutive laps on the same set of tyres ad at the end was still able to run at 1m 41s. I also tested two types of qualifying tyres for Bridgestone, one new set and one in an old specification we had tried before. They were quite similar in performance but I set my best lap on the old qualifying tyre but the new type was quite close in performance. The feel from the new engine is positive and I wish I had the same engine at Sepang so I could test it on a high speed track before we arrived here. We will get that done at Qatar. Shinya Nakano - 9th - 1:40.333, 66 laps: I’m a little disappointed with today my lap time today it was not much better than on day one of the test. Today we used the same setting as on day one but something felt different which I didn’t understand. Maybe this has something to do with all the changes we tried for the wet session yesterday. We are not so bad on race tyres, on all three-days, but we have to improve a few things on set up with qualifying tyres when we get to Qatar, we have to be more aggressive. Loris Capirossi - 10th - 1:40.442, 54 laps: I think we were lucky with the weather today, even though we weren’t able to start till after lunchtime. We tried lots of things today and we found a better solution than we did on the first day. I think we are in a better shape now and we can go with a good feeling to Qatar and try and do the last few things at the last test so we will be ready for the first race. We are still struggling in a few places and we know we have to work on those, but we are quite confident for the first race. Chris Vermeulen - 11th - 1:40.576, 62 laps: It was a difficult morning as we didn’t get any track-time, but the wind got up and dried the track out and we had reasonable conditions this afternoon – apart from the wind! We made some progress with the bike to solve some of the problems we have had here this weekend and we now have a direction to go in. We tested some tyres for Bridgestone and I finally got the chance to test some qualifiers. They seemed to work quite well and suit our bike and although I only used two qualifying tyres I am happy with the lap-time that I did. There is still more to come out of both me and the bike, bit this was the most positive day we have had at this test. Anthony West - 12th - 1:41.026 , 63 Laps      We've mainly worked on the handling and the steering of the bike today. We've made a big step forward in the front-end set-up and I feel a lot more confident, although there is still room for further improvement. We have also tested some qualifying tyres from Bridgestone that I have never used before and the results were promising, I am sure that given more time using them we could have gone even faster. We finished off the test with a 10-lap run to see what the tyre performance is like towards the middle of race distance and we found more consistency than with the previous tyres we have used. We now have a plan to fine-tune the set-up with what we have learned here in Jerez and I will return home to continue with my training programme before heading to the last pre-season test in Qatar. Sylvain Guintoli – 13th - 1:41.177, 47 laps: These three days went well for us, I feel I am making good progress on the bike. Also yesterday’s forty minute session went well even if the track conditions weren’t the best. I really think that we can think positive for the beginning of the season. We are also improving our rhythm which is very important as the first race in Qatar will be in only twenty days. I am confident, physically I feel ready and I can’t wait for the beginning of the 2008 season. Marco Melandri - 14th - 1:41.292, 72 laps: I can't deny that I was hoping to do better here but the continual changes in weather and track conditions haven't helped. At the moment we're struggling to find a good balance for the rear of the bike so I don't have the confidence to make the most out of the power. This circuit in particular is also probably not the most favourable for us but we still have to improve. Hopefully we can do that in Qatar, where a night test will provide something of the unknown for everybody. Toni Elias – 15th - 1:41.311, 71 laps: Complicated day for us, we didn’t make it to find a good set up of the bike, and I don’t really like this final classification. Only at the end of the day things looked better, but it was too late to improve. I made a mistake in the last fast lap, during my best performance, I went long in turn six and I could have finished surely in a better position. But better don’t think about it and look ahead, the only way to improve is to work hard and this is what I will do. Dani Pedrosa - 16th - 1:41.699, 35 laps: After this morning’s rain we were finally able to do some laps and it’s been a pretty good day for us. We were happy that we were able to test in the dry after yesterday’s rain and we did similar work to what we did on Saturday. My right hand feels the same as it did on Saturday. We’ve been trying to make some changes to the bike to make it easier for the hand and that’s been positive. But we weren’t able to try too many things because it’s been so windy, which makes it dangerous to ride fast, so it’s been difficult to improve. I don’t think the hand will be 100 per cent when we get to Qatar but I hope it will be better than it is now. We have ten days before the test, so we’ll do as much therapy as we can in order to be ready for the tests and for the race. The last test at Qatar will be difficult, especially for us because we still have a lot of work to do. And it will also be tough because we’ll be riding under floodlights for the first time, so we have to adapt to that. I hope the track conditions will be good at night and the track temperature not too low. John Hopkins - 18th - 1:42.970, 20 Laps:       Today we used the dry track time to warm up the clutch and try some practice starts, as we don't have much time to do this before the first race. Riding in the rain yesterday took its toll on my injury and today I have definitely felt the effects. With our focus firmly on the first race, we decided it wasn't necessary to go out on circuit this afternoon. I am flying home tomorrow to immediately have as much therapy and ultra-sound treatment as possible to maximise my recovery. Jerez test - day 3 lap times: 1. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda  1'38.848 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'39.252 3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) JiR Team Scot MotoGP 1'39.313 4. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP 1'39.351 5. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'39.568 6. James Toseland (GBR) Tech 3 Yamaha 1'39.727 7. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro 1'39.845 8. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'39.932 9. Shinya Nakano (JPN) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'40.333 10. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'40.442 11. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki 1'40.576 12. Anthony West (AUS) Kawasaki Racing 1'41.026 13. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Alice Team 1'41.177 14. Marco Melandri (ITA) Ducati Marlboro 1'41.292 15. Toni Elias (SPA) Alice Team 1'41.311 16. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda 1'41.699 17. Niccolò Canepa (ITA) Ducati Test 1'42.160 18. John Hopkins (USA) Kawasaki Racing 1'42.970 19. Olivier Jacque (FRA) Kawasaki Racing 1'43.496 20. Vittoriano Guareschi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team 1'45.597     Jerez: Lap Record V. Rossi (Yamaha) 2005, 1'40.596     Jerez: Best Lap L. Capirossi (Ducati) 2006, 1'39.064

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