TORRENTIAL RAIN STOPS PRACTICE, STONER AND CAPIROSSI THIRD AND FOURTH
Friday Aug 31 2007
Misano GP - Free Practice
A torrential downpour brought proceedings to an early close at Misano today, with Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi placed third and fourth quickest following this morning's opening wet practice session.
Two hours of heavy rain around lunch time badly flooded parts of the track and some of the pits, leaving Race Direction with no alternative but to cancel the day's remaining sessions. MotoGP had been allotted an extra hour of practice today to allow riders to acquaint themselves with the revamped Misano circuit, so tomorrow's schedule gives MotoGP riders three hours of track time - two hours of practice in the morning and an hour of qualifying in the afternoon.
CASEY STONER, 3rd fastest, 1m 48.852s
"I had a small problem this morning, I made a mistake and crashed, even though I was being very careful at that point of the track because I had seen a lot of 125 riders crashing and running wide there, so it came as a big surprise to me. For the rest of the session we only had medium tyres so it wasn't possible to ride with so much confidence. I was expecting this afternoon to be dry but it was the complete opposite - in the end there was enough water on the track in some places to go swimming! I think we could have had a good day today, I was quite disappointed that we couldn't ride the circuit again. I'm not so impressed with the track, there are some points where it's very, very bumpy and also the circuit in some places is unbelievably slippery in the wet, it's similar to Donington and worse at some corners. It's not so easy to get a good feeling in the wet here but hopefully it will be dry tomorrow and then we should be able to understand it a little bit better."
LORIS CAPIROSSI, 4th fastest, 1m 49.167s
"Today felt like Malaysia last year. This torrential rain has ruined everyone's plans. When we woke up this morning it was already raining but we were able, more or less, to complete the morning practice session. The surface doesn't feel too bad in the wet, there was just one section, the "Quercia" turn, which was very slippery and I think that almost all this morning's crashes happened there. The real problem is that our braking points and lines are very particular in the rain so I really hope that tomorrow is dry because the forecast for Sunday is sunny. At the moment we have no data for Misano, so we have to start from scratch with gearbox set-up, suspension settings, engine mapping, tyre choice and so on. That's why we will get two hours of practice tomorrow morning, from 9 to 11am. I also hope they will be able to clean the track because the rain has put a lot of mud on the asphalt. The surface probably won't be perfect anyway, but it will get better once the bikes put down some rubber."
Misano GP - Free Practice
A torrential downpour brought proceedings to an early close at Misano today, with Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi placed third and fourth quickest following this morning's opening wet practice session.
Two hours of heavy rain around lunch time badly flooded parts of the track and some of the pits, leaving Race Direction with no alternative but to cancel the day's remaining sessions. MotoGP had been allotted an extra hour of practice today to allow riders to acquaint themselves with the revamped Misano circuit, so tomorrow's schedule gives MotoGP riders three hours of track time - two hours of practice in the morning and an hour of qualifying in the afternoon.
CASEY STONER, 3rd fastest, 1m 48.852s
"I had a small problem this morning, I made a mistake and crashed, even though I was being very careful at that point of the track because I had seen a lot of 125 riders crashing and running wide there, so it came as a big surprise to me. For the rest of the session we only had medium tyres so it wasn't possible to ride with so much confidence. I was expecting this afternoon to be dry but it was the complete opposite - in the end there was enough water on the track in some places to go swimming! I think we could have had a good day today, I was quite disappointed that we couldn't ride the circuit again. I'm not so impressed with the track, there are some points where it's very, very bumpy and also the circuit in some places is unbelievably slippery in the wet, it's similar to Donington and worse at some corners. It's not so easy to get a good feeling in the wet here but hopefully it will be dry tomorrow and then we should be able to understand it a little bit better."
LORIS CAPIROSSI, 4th fastest, 1m 49.167s
"Today felt like Malaysia last year. This torrential rain has ruined everyone's plans. When we woke up this morning it was already raining but we were able, more or less, to complete the morning practice session. The surface doesn't feel too bad in the wet, there was just one section, the "Quercia" turn, which was very slippery and I think that almost all this morning's crashes happened there. The real problem is that our braking points and lines are very particular in the rain so I really hope that tomorrow is dry because the forecast for Sunday is sunny. At the moment we have no data for Misano, so we have to start from scratch with gearbox set-up, suspension settings, engine mapping, tyre choice and so on. That's why we will get two hours of practice tomorrow morning, from 9 to 11am. I also hope they will be able to clean the track because the rain has put a lot of mud on the asphalt. The surface probably won't be perfect anyway, but it will get better once the bikes put down some rubber."
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