Alvaro Bautista
“We did a good job today. This morning we completed race distance on the hard tyre and it was a positive session. Everything went according to plan in the afternoon too but on the last soft tyre we ran into a lot of traffic on track and when I tried to push on the very last lap I came up behind Spies in the first turn. It is a dangerous thing to do and I think it is up to all us riders to make sure that when we slow down we move aside and make way for the guys coming behind us. Anyway, a second row start is good for us having qualified on the fourth row in Qatar and the third row at Jerez. Tomorrow we need to make a good start and if we can stay with the guys at the front over the opening laps we can look forward to a good race.”
Michele Pirro
“Unfortunately I made a mistake on my good lap which prevented me from keeping my promise to the guys, which was a 1’39. They deserve at least that because they are working so hard to help me improve. We know we are behind with development but as I have said before nobody is losing faith. Hopefully we can get a good start tomorrow and then complete our principal objective right now which is to make it to the end of the race.”
Fausto Gresini
“That was a good effort from Alvaro despite the traffic on track. It's his best grid position of the year so far at a circuit he doesn't particularly like, even though he always seems to do well here. A second row position is a good sign because he is a better racer than qualifier and if he gets a good start and reproduces the pace he showed today he can have a good race. We are struggling more with the CRT bike because there are a lot of hard acceleration points here and that is our weak spot, but we're working hard to give Michele a more competitive machine.”
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