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Steady progress at Konica Minolta Honda
18 May 2007 / Results / PhotosKonica Minolta Honda rider Shinya Nakano has made a steady start in today's practice sessions for Sunday's French Grand Prix at Le Mans. Nakano spent most of today trying two new front tyres for the race to help improve feedback from the front-end of his Honda RC212V.
The 29-year-old Japanese rider was hoping to record a fast lap time at the end of today's afternoon session, but was caught out by the weather when rain began to fall with just ten minutes of the session remaining.
Nakano said about the first day at Le Mans: "The new front tyres seem better, as the contact feeling from the front has improved, which is what I'm looking for. The entry to the corner is better, but I still have same problem with the bike not turning quickly enough and with enough grip. We have some ideas on how to improve this, so we will try some different front and rear suspension settings tomorrow morning."
Nakano furthermore said: "We are a little disappointed as the last ten minutes were going to be important this afternoon and I had fresh tyres on, but we couldn't try them. I'm hopeful of tomorrow as the other Hondas are going well, so if we can find a good set up I am positive for a good grid position."
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