Chris Vermeulen was back on MotoGP track as a substitute rider for Forward Racing as Colin Edwards was injury on Estoril. Vermeulen couln't do a lot, especially on the wet race. Forward racing also didn't have experience on MotoGP wet race. So for them, the race was just like a test.
Vermeulen said, “The race conditions today were very difficult but we had to go out and do it. For me it was a long time ago since I rode in the rain. I think that that for the bike and the team, they have limited experience in these conditions. Early on it was raining a lot and was very cold, making it was difficult to generate heat into the tires and we struggled a lot. The more laps we did and as the track dried a little bit, it suited our setting a lot more and I was able to go reasonably fast."
He continue, "At some point I was close to be as quick as any of the other CRT bikes during the race. I had to pit in because I had some vision problems with my helmet. It was unfortunate that it happened, it really affected our race. Its been a log time since I have ridden in the rain but I was glad to be back racing in MotoGP and hopefully the information we gave to the team and Suter can help for the future.”
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