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Post-Race Test Times from Brno

rush — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:35:08 +0000

Nicky ended the post-Czech GP test in 8th place on a day cut short by, guess what, RAIN! Where would MotoGP be without rain?!?

Oh, and he crashed during the session but wasn’t hurt.

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha 1:56.171 – - 52
2 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha 1:56.622 +0.451 +0.451 38
3 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda 1:56.747 +0.125 +0.576 53
4 Loris CAPIROSSI Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.543 +0.796 +1.372 43
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda 1:57.764 +0.221 +1.593 53
6 Toni ELIAS San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:57.841 +0.077 +1.670 39
7 Chris VERMULEN Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.891 +0.050 +1.720 61
8 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Marlboro Team 1:57.928 +0.037 +1.757 64
9 Marco MELANDRI Hayate Racing Team 1:58.045 +0.117 +1.874 56
10 Mika KALLIO Ducati Marlboro Team 1:58.051 +0.006 +1.880 65
11 Niccolo CANEPA Pramac Racing 1:58.120 +0.069 +1.949 69
12 Gabor TALMACSI Scott Racing Team 1:59.008 +0.888 +2.837 58
13 Mattia PASINI Pramac Racing 1:59.614 +0.606 +3.443 66
14 David DE GEA 2:05.907 +6.293 +9.736 49

Nicky’s Quotes after Quali

rush — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:28:04 +0000

Nicky Hayden (Ducati MotoGP Team) (8th; 1’57.803)

“I was hoping to go faster than that but qualifying has been a weak point for us this year and I always seem to struggle to make a significant improvement when everybody else is pushing for times right at the end. Considering that I’m pleased that I was able to keep improving right to the end and hang on to what is a decent position for us compared to a lot of our qualifying results so far this season.

The team have done a good job here. We’ve made some big changes to the geometry here and we’re improving. It isn’t quite showing in the lap time yet but we keep getting faster and if we can take another step forward tomorrow we can have a good race. The top three are going so quick this weekend it’s unbelievable but nonetheless we’ve done a good job so far and we’re looking to make more improvements in the warm-up and in the race.”

Qualifying Results from Brno

rush — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:20:57 +0000

Nicky outqualified his temporary team mate, Mika Kallio, to take 8th place on the grid for tomorrow’s Czech Grand Prix

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1′56.331 298.013
2 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1′56.462 302.605 0.131
3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1′56.787 298.837 0.456
4 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1′57.058 294.518 0.727
5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1′57.384 297.356 1.053
6 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1′57.495 295.162 1.164
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1′58.008 297.602 1.677
8 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1′58.060 299.168 1.729
9 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1′58.111 294.599 1.780
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1′58.252 294.438 1.921
11 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1′58.368 295.485 2.037
12 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1′58.413 293.159 2.082
13 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1′58.518 292.603 2.187
14 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1′58.551 292.445 2.220
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1′58.567 294.117 2.236
16 84 Michel FABRIZIO ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1′59.457 295.081 3.126
17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1′59.645 295.485 3.314