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Alice riders hoped for more

Alice Team riders Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli qualified their bikes in sixteenth and seventeenth positions for tomorrow's race at Jerez. 

Toni Elias commented, "I didn't expect to qualify like this in Jerez. I am too behind in the standings, in front of my team-mate and the other Ducati ridden by Marco (Melandri). We have to work to improve. Personally things went a bit better compared to yesterday, but of course is not enough. Tomorrow it will be a hard race. We can't change the world in one day. With patience I am sure that we will be able to find the solution to our difficulties."

Sylvain Guintoli added, "We have taken some small step forward, but seen the classification I can't tell it was enough. This morning it didn't go well, but in the afternoon, with the qualifying tyres, I improved my best lap time by two seconds. This is probably the only positive thing of the day. It's a bit frustrating, but I am taking too much time to adapt to the bike. I am doing all it is possible as always and I hope that some good result will come soon for me and the Team."

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