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PERFECT QUALIFYING FOR FIAT YAMAHA IN TURKEY |
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Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
PERFECT QUALIFYING FOR FIAT YAMAHA IN TURKEY
 Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards put themselves in the best possible starting
positions for tomorrow's Grand Prix of Turkey with a one-two in today's Official
Qualifying. Shaking off the mild set-up problems they had encountered on
yesterday's dirty track, the pair worked steadily on fine-tuning their 800cc
YZR-M1s throughout the majority of the hour-long session before posting the best
flying laps on qualifying tyres to take the top two spots on the grid for
tomorrow's 22-lap race. With the weather staying dry once again the grip on
track was considerably better than yesterday and Rossi's eventual pole time of
1'52.795 was just inside the existing lap record, although still slightly slower
than last year's pole time. The Italian moved into pole with eight minutes
remaining after his first flying lap before consolidating his position with
another even faster lap on his second qualifying tyre soon after. Rossi's second
pole of the season and ninth consecutive front row start puts him in a strong
position to challenge for a win at one of only three circuits on this year's
calendar where he has yet to stand on top of the podium. Edwards' second
qualifying lap of 1'52.944 was good enough for second position behind his
team-mate and the American will start ahead of Dani Pedrosa, who mounted a
strong challenge in the closing stages but finished 0.027 adrift of the
American.
Valentino Rossi
Position: 1st Time: 1'52.795 Laps:
24
"I'm very happy to have a pole position at this track, which has never
been one of my favourites! I've had some bad moments here in the past but this
year it feels like a different track for me and I'm having great fun! My M1 is
very competitive, a lot more fun to ride here than in the past and the new
modifications we have for our engine have made an important difference to our
overall performance. The team has done a great job because we had some problems
yesterday but they've found some good solutions and now Colin and I are first
and second. My tyres are working well and we've found the right front for
tomorrow. We need to make a final decision about the rear in the morning. With
the qualifying tyre my bike really flew and I was able to do a very good lap; I
started my first lap a few minutes earlier than the others and then I knew that
I could improve a little bit more with the second qualifying tyre. Anyway all
three of us are very close on the front row so I think it's going to be a tight
battle tomorrow. Let's hope for good weather and see what happens."
Colin Edwards
Position: 2nd Time: 1'52.944 Laps: 21
"Well
after the problems we had yesterday I've got to say a massive thanks to my team.
They looked at the issues, got out their protractors, did their maths and worked
their magic like always! The Michelin qualifier really sticks like glue for us
this year and I was able to really push it. I thought I was going to run into
traffic at one point on my last lap but I just kept my head down and somehow
came out the other side in front. It was definitely a mistake-free lap. As for
tomorrow, we need to work a little bit on our race pace - two tenths would be
good but three would be even better! I think we're losing it in T3 so we need to
concentrate on that part of the track. We've moved onto a different front from
the 'old faithful' we've been using so far this year because that one was a
little bit too close to the limit here, but it's working really well so we just
need to make a final decision on the rear. It's a great result for the team to
have us both on the front row again so let's hope to make the most of it with a
similar result tomorrow!"
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Davide Brivio - Team Director
"Of course this is a great
qualifying result for us and it's really good to be starting tomorrow's race
like this. This year our bike is working very well and both Valentino and Colin
are able to enjoy the qualifying in a way that they weren't always able to last
year. Our bike seems to be in great shape for qualifying this season as is shown
by the results - Valentino has been on the front row in all three races and
Colin twice. The team have done a great job as usual as they had a few problems
to fix after yesterday, so well done to them. Our situation for tomorrow's race
isn't so bad either but it's very important to be starting in front as it's
going to be a hard battle. We have a few things to check with both riders in the
warm-up tomorrow and some fine-tuning to do, but we can definitely be
competitive and fight until the end."
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