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Bridgestone happy with early Jerez pace
23 March 2007 / Results / PhotosToni Elias started his home GP weekend in fine style by taking third place after today's two free practice sessions concluded at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain. Elias was one of three riders to lap under 1m41s this afternoon in a closely-packed field which saw little over half-a-second separate the top twelve. Qatar GP race winner Casey Stoner took his Bridgestone-shod Ducati to fourth spot lapping consistently in the 1m41s bracket throughout the day.
Akiyoshi's participation this weekend ensures that Bridgestone is supplying tyres to more riders than at any other MotoGP event with a total of 11 riders.
"We did some initial tests with some of the different compounds we have brought here this weekend, with mainly a variety of soft and medium specifications for each of our teams," said Bridgestone's man on the ground Shinji Aoki. "The results have shown that consistent lap times in the mid-1m41s are possible, but through a combination of the tyres, the bike settings and further improving track conditions, we hope to lower this in tomorrow's practice sessions."
"We have some important work to carry out in the morning," he added. "We will do some long runs with our teams to assess the performance differential and durability of the different compounds and from there the teams will be in a better position to close in on their race tyre choice for Sunday. The riders have generally reported that there is less grip, even if the track conditions appear to be quite similar to the February test. The weather conditions have been roughly the same with ambient temperatures a bit lower but the track temperature rising above 30° this afternoon. Other than that, I think we have a reasonably good correlation between the data we accumulated at the test and the performance of the tyres here today."
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