MotoGP Round08 Sachsenring / Allemagne [16-07 / 18-07]

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C'est superbe ce que fait Rossi, mais je pense que son retour n'est du qu'au fait qu'il veux donné de la légitimité au futur titre de Lorenzo !

Ben explique son bon chrono par le fait que cette piste étroite et en sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre plait bien au dirt tracker. Et il est déjà sur qu'il fera la course en pneu tendre. Oui mais sec ou mouillé ?

Like Hayden, Spies believes the tight, anti-clockwise nature of the circuit suits former dirt track riders.

“I'm really happy to be so high up after the first session and I think I figured out this track pretty quickly," began Spies, who ran through the gravel early ion the session. "It is good to start the weekend in the top five and that gives us a platform to build on. This circuit is pretty tight and twisty and there are a lot of left-hand corners but I like it because there is quite a lot of elevation that makes it fun. It felt like being out on a dirt track bike and I see Nicky is right up there too.

"If the weather isn't as good tomorrow I'm really glad that I got going today and was able to get a feel for the track but also put in some fast lap times. I went out on the hard tyre, which I don't think I'm going to race on, just to learn the track and when I put the softer tyre on I was able to go quite a bit faster.

"There are a couple of places where I can improve like the left-handers before the fast right downhill section but it was a decent start. I'm pretty sure already that I'll race the soft tyre. I'm sure I can do the times on the hard tyre but we'll see what the conditions are like. It's a positive start and that's all I can ask for," added the World Superbike champion, who took his first MotoGP podium at Silverstone.

source crash.net