Laguna Seca circuit
Has finally completed the first part of the championship for riders of MotoGP, who have closed a little over an hour to dispatch for Laguna Seca, the shortest circuit on the global calendar (3,610 meters). The premier class men can now enjoy the holiday period, up to resume the action in mid-August for the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic. As for today’s race, Stoner has won a test that painted dull at first, but whose interest has grown with the passage of the turns. The Australian was not the favorite, but was in the pools to open up the bottle of champagne from the top step of the podium. Lorenzo was the owner of the pole, and top seed, in fact has assumed his role, and threw in the escape route, which partially succeeded, as Pedrosa has neutralized shortly. In short, the three most rapidly during the weekend were the three protagonists of the podium, few surprises as in the United States Grand Prix. Lorenzo was who carried on their shoulders the burden of proof, even in the absence of six turns, Stoner has exceeded to open a gap of more than five seconds. A declaration of intent by the interim leader for now, keep at bay the second.
Second appearance at Laguna Seca , and finally the pilot Mapfre Aspar , Hector Barbera , get to finish the race of the United States Grand Prix . Last year he was knocked out too early due to a fault, but today it has removed the thorn, signing a creditable ninth place, and there are already three races in which Hector performs at a high level. Too bad that today the election of the rear tire (soft) has not been the most successful, and therefore has failed to achieve a better result. While filming in no man’s land for most of the test, and suffer from lack of grip in his rear tire, Valencian has successfully completed 32 laps of the American round and ended ninth, behind the riders, except for Edwards. Quite an achievement on the day celebrating his Grand Prix 150.
“The truth is that it was a career a little strange at the beginning everything looked good to achieve my goal, which was to stay with Ducati officers. But then I started to notice that he lost the rear, had a soft rubber mounted behind and the bike was moving a lot. Also in a couple of occasions I have had problems with the gears on the straight, I’m not sure why. At that time Valentino and Nicky have escaped to me, since I have lost almost a second in two turns. Then I opted for a map on with more power, had to put the bike on the basis of strength with the arms and shoulders ten laps I started to load. There have been a slight downturn, he could not stop While the bike. The race did not go as well as training, but yet we finished in ninth place. On one side is positive, because I think it is a good result, but otherwise I’m disappointed in myself, I think today could have done more. “