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October 29, 2004 |
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MOTOGP - VALENCIA - FRIDAY QUALIFYING |
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Ducati Corse Press
Ducati MotoGP Team riders Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss produced strong performances during this afternoon’s opening qualifying session for the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix, the final event of the 2004 MotoGP season. In bright, breezy and chilly conditions the pair put their Desmosedici GP4s on the second row of the provisional grid, just a few tenths of a second down on provisional pole sitter Sete Gibernau.
“That was a positive session for us,” said Ducati MotoGP Team director Livio Suppo. “Both our riders did a good job, so it looks like we’re working towards a strong finish to the season. We aren’t using any of the new parts we tested at Phillip Island after the Australian GP because they were prototype parts, which are the start of our 2005 preseason testing programme.”
Troy Bayliss was in flying form at Valencia this afternoon, wrestling his Ducati MotoGP Team Desmosedici GP4 around the tortuous Spanish track to go fastest with five minutes to go. By the end of the session he had slipped to fourth, just three tenths of a second outside a slot on the provisional front row of the grid.
“That wasn’t bad; we’re going okay for the first day,” said Bayliss. “But we’ve got to work some more on the rear end because at the moment we’re working the tyre too much. If we can fix that we’ll be right, just another small step tomorrow and I’ll be happy. I’m reasonably happy anyway, though on my second qualifying run I lost the front a couple of times which cost me some time going into those turns, which also lost me some drive on the way out, but the lap time still wasn’t that bad.”
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