DUCATI MEN SHINE IN SOAKING QUALIFYING
Saturday Apr 29 2006
Qualifying - Istanbul
Ducati Team riders Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi put in dazzling performances in dismal conditions at Istanbul Park this afternoon. Despite a soaking wet and treacherously slippery track, the pair qualified third and fourth quickest for tomorrow's Turkish Grand Prix, round three of the 2006 MotoGP series.
Gibernau will thus start from the first row for the second time this season while World Championship leader Capirossi will lead row two, his first time off the front row this year. Both riders were particularly impressive today because this was only Gibernau's second serious wet-weather outing on his Desmosedici GP6 while Capirossi is making his first visit to Istanbul Park after missing last year's race through injury. And both riders suffered from meeting traffic on their best laps.
The pair also exploited the massive grip of their Bridgestone rain tyres to brilliant effect in this morning's practice session, Capirossi first and Gibernau second, a whole second ahead of their nearest challengers. But weather forecasts suggest that although tomorrow will start wet, the race could be run in the dry. If that prediction proves correct, it's not great news for Capirossi, who only had two hours of dry track time yesterday to learn the circuit.
SETE GIBERNAU, 3rd fastest, 2m 05.003
"We're happy. I've not ridden the bike so much in the wet, so for now we're doing better than we thought we would in these conditions. Ducati and Bridgestone are doing an outstanding job and I'm very happy with that. I was pushing hard today because it's important to know you can be fast whether it's dry or wet. If you want to race for the championship you have to be competitive no matter what. I think we proved today that we can be up there in the rain as well as the dry."
LORIS CAPIROSSI, 4th fastest, 2m 05.540s
"Fourth isn't bad at all. I found some traffic, so I wasn't as fast as I'm sure I could have been, but the fact that I know I could've been faster makes me feel good. The conditions were strange, this track isn't too grippy in the dry but it's got good grip in the wet, though you have to be careful not to touch the white lines. I hope it will rain for the race because I've not had much time on a dry track and we still need to work on our dry settings. A dry race would be more difficult for me. Yesterday I was only four tenths from 'pole' but I feel comfortable in the wet. We are competitive in all conditions which is good for the championship. Today's qualifying session was nice and if it's the same for the race I think there will be a few of us up front."
Temperatures: Ambient: 12 degrees. Track: 15 degrees
Qualifying - Istanbul
Ducati Team riders Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi put in dazzling performances in dismal conditions at Istanbul Park this afternoon. Despite a soaking wet and treacherously slippery track, the pair qualified third and fourth quickest for tomorrow's Turkish Grand Prix, round three of the 2006 MotoGP series.
Gibernau will thus start from the first row for the second time this season while World Championship leader Capirossi will lead row two, his first time off the front row this year. Both riders were particularly impressive today because this was only Gibernau's second serious wet-weather outing on his Desmosedici GP6 while Capirossi is making his first visit to Istanbul Park after missing last year's race through injury. And both riders suffered from meeting traffic on their best laps.
The pair also exploited the massive grip of their Bridgestone rain tyres to brilliant effect in this morning's practice session, Capirossi first and Gibernau second, a whole second ahead of their nearest challengers. But weather forecasts suggest that although tomorrow will start wet, the race could be run in the dry. If that prediction proves correct, it's not great news for Capirossi, who only had two hours of dry track time yesterday to learn the circuit.
SETE GIBERNAU, 3rd fastest, 2m 05.003
"We're happy. I've not ridden the bike so much in the wet, so for now we're doing better than we thought we would in these conditions. Ducati and Bridgestone are doing an outstanding job and I'm very happy with that. I was pushing hard today because it's important to know you can be fast whether it's dry or wet. If you want to race for the championship you have to be competitive no matter what. I think we proved today that we can be up there in the rain as well as the dry."
LORIS CAPIROSSI, 4th fastest, 2m 05.540s
"Fourth isn't bad at all. I found some traffic, so I wasn't as fast as I'm sure I could have been, but the fact that I know I could've been faster makes me feel good. The conditions were strange, this track isn't too grippy in the dry but it's got good grip in the wet, though you have to be careful not to touch the white lines. I hope it will rain for the race because I've not had much time on a dry track and we still need to work on our dry settings. A dry race would be more difficult for me. Yesterday I was only four tenths from 'pole' but I feel comfortable in the wet. We are competitive in all conditions which is good for the championship. Today's qualifying session was nice and if it's the same for the race I think there will be a few of us up front."
Temperatures: Ambient: 12 degrees. Track: 15 degrees
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