Black　Stone

Casey Stoner - 3rd 1′21.910 車子今天在場地的許多地方給了我們一些警訊，而我肯定其他人也有類似情況。輪胎的右邊相當硬, 需要兩三圈來做適當的暖胎。不幸地在摔車的那一圈，在最重要的彎道上有二個車手黨到我, 然后跟著她們其中之一進入下一個右手灣。 我怕進入下一圈後胎溫會下降，所以我比正常的路線更小新的進入第三灣，但是，當我進入彎道正要收油門時, 後輪就來了。我設法拉正車身,直接進石堆，但它不肯, 立即把我拋向空中! 當我著陸時很痛，但我想我還會呼吸,現在看起來，也許我的鼠蹊部某地方拉傷了，這是比賽前最不樂見發生的。無論如何，我們在這裡有輛很棒的車，所以瞧瞧我們可以幹些什麼」。 “To be honest the bike had given us a few warnings in a lot of places around the circuit today and I’m sure there were a lot of other guys in a similar situation. The tyre is quite hard on the right-hand side and needs a couple of laps to warm up properly. Unfortunately on the lap before the crash, in the most important corner for heating that side of the tyre up I was held up by two riders having a disagreement and then I got stuck behind one of them into the next right-hander too. I was wary that the tyre would be cooler than I needed it to be on the next lap so I went into turn three a lot more carefully than normal, but as I closed the gas on the way into the corner the rear just came around. I tried to pick the bike up and go straight into the gravel but it didn’t want to and that was it - it threw me straight up in the air! It hurt when I landed but I thought I’d only winded myself - now it looks like I might have torn something in my groin, which is not the best thing to happen before the race. Anyway, we have a great bike for this track so we’ll see what we can do.” 從哪裡跌倒從哪站起來, 去年在這受到的恥辱, 今年浴血奮戰洗刷吧... 不然你是要被酸多久??? 今年競爭這麼激烈, 拿下冠軍更爽吧?!!!! 別讓我失望了 Dani Pedrosa - 4th – 1’22.113 “We started this afternoon’s session really well and were able to lap consistently quickly straight away. Towards the end it became a little bit more difficult to improve the lap times because they tyres weren’t quite getting up to temperature and it was easy to make a mistake - we saw a few crashes out there later in the session. Fourth on the grid is not bad - I would have liked to be on the front row of course but fourth is ok. For tomorrow I’d like to improve our race pace by about three tenths per lap and that’s what we’ll work on in the warm-up. We did a lot of laps today on the tyres we’re planning to race on and this was one of our targets this weekend so I’m satisfied with that. It’s a short lap here and there isn’t any chance to rest which is going to make it a tough race tomorrow. You have to stay very focused and concentrated because it’s easy to make a mistake. In the sessions today I was mostly riding on a clear track, so I’m confident that if I can get away with the front group then this will help my rhythm and pace even more.” Andrea Dovizioso - 5th 1’ 22.235 “As I expected this afternoon, with the higher temperatures and using the hard Bridgestones, I could improve my lap times by a decent amount over this morning. That’s good because these are the tyres we’ll use for the race and we’re in pretty good shape. I think I have a good race pace and starting from the second row is not bad. Towards the end of qualifying I think I could have gone even quicker with the last soft tyre but I was on track when Lorenzo crashed so I had to slow down because there were yellow flags. Anyway, I’m happy with qualifying and tomorrow we’ll aim to make a good start and stay with the leaders. In the heat of the race I think I should be able to grit my teeth and shave a few more tenths from my lap time too. This track is really special and the atmosphere here is unique, so and I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s race. I hope we can be competitive and give the team a strong result before we head back to Europe.” Nicky Hayden - 8th 1′22.540 “I’m happy with that. I know eighth place is nothing to write home about but it’s a big result for us and I’m relieved after yesterday. The data guys did a good job and we made a good step with the mapping this morning that allowed me to come off the corners a lot better. I had a crash at the end of free practice that set us back a little bit but we got it together for qualifying this afternoon and at the end there it looked like I might steal P6, which I would have been real happy with. We slipped back to eighth but considering that we usually lose positions from free practice to qualifying, to make some up today is pleasing. It got pretty gnarly at the end of the session there, a lot of guys were crashing and there were yellow flags everywhere. People thought getting rid of qualifying tyres would make things safer but when grid positions are as important as they are at a circuit like this you’re going to have guys hanging it out for a fast lap on a race tyre, and that ain’t so safe! I don’t remember a dry qualifying session with so much carnage at the end and it’s something we need to look at.” Niccolò Canepa - 16th 1′23.912 “We could have done well today, but the slip at the beginning of the session complicated the program of work we had in mind. I lost too much time to get back at the garage and once back on the bike I used some time to find back the right confidence to push at the limit. Unluckily, as it happened to Lorenzo and Stoner, the right part of the rear tyre doesn’t make it to keep the right temperature and you can find yourself on the ground at any moment. For this reason tomorrow we will almost for sure use the softer tyres we have here.” http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/2543/motogp-laguna-seca-rider-quotes-from-qualifying-session