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MOTOGP: Assen Presser Notes
World Champion Casey Stoner was joined by Cal Crutchlow, Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Michele Pirro at the Assen press conference on Wednesday.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 7 of the MotoGP World Championship from Assen (NED) will air LIVE on SPEED on Saturday, June 30th at 8:00am ET. Qualifying will air LIVE all season long on SPEED2. #SPEEDmoto
As the MotoGP grid descended on the historic Dutch circuit for the IVECO TT Assen, World Champion Casey Stoner was joined by Cal Crutchlow, Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Michele Pirro at the press conference on Wednesday marking the seventh round of the MotoGP World Championship, which is the first of three races on successive weekends.
Repsol Honda Team’s Stoner, who currently lies 25 points behind Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo, is looking to claw back some points on his Spanish rival for his title defense. The Australian commented, “We’ve had a tough few races, things haven’t gone really to plan and we’ve given it everything we have, but we didn’t really get the results we wanted. In general we can’t really complain, we’ve still be on the podium, we’ve still been getting good points, except for one. It makes things tough for this second part of the season; we just need to pick up our performances a bit and get a bit more comfortable with the bike.”
Heading into the weekend the double world champion is still concerned about his bike’s chatter problems, “Chatter’s the first and foremost [problem] and as we’ve improved the rear chatter and understanding of what’s causing it, with this new front tire - we felt from the first minute we tested it - it made things a lot worse. Every step Bridgestone are taking is making it a lot more complicated for us. But I suppose it makes the challenge bigger and if we can at least take the fight to the championship towards the end then I think it’ll be a great achievement, because everything seems to be staking up against us at the moment.”
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow, who bravely contested the last round with a fractured ankle, is currently leading the charge for fourth in the table. After two weeks of rest he is in slightly better shape heading into the Assen race. He said, “It’s not been too bad, my ankle is coming along good. I went back to the Isle of Man and used the hyperbaric chamber there to get the swelling down. Luckily I didn’t have to have any surgery on it. As you could see in Silverstone it didn’t hinder me too much in the race, but it’s still a bit sore to walk on.”
One talking point over the past weeks has been the pre-Silverstone test the Brit had to pass. “It wasn’t that nice. They made me run the length of this room about four times. Wasn’t really a run, but more of a hobble, and do some foot raises. I think they were right to. The medics at the circuit and the Clinica Mobile did a fantastic job. The main concern was not for me, but the other riders -- if I can’t get out of the way on the track if I had a crash or something because I couldn’t run because of my ankle.”
And lastly he quashed any rumors about a possible factory switch: “I’m going to do the best job I can for Monster Yamaha Tech 3.”
As the MotoGP grid descended on the historic Dutch circuit for the IVECO TT Assen, World Champion Casey Stoner was joined by Cal Crutchlow, Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Michele Pirro at the press conference on Wednesday marking the seventh round of the MotoGP World Championship, which is the first of three races on successive weekends.
Repsol Honda Team’s Stoner, who currently lies 25 points behind Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo, is looking to claw back some points on his Spanish rival for his title defense. The Australian commented, “We’ve had a tough few races, things haven’t gone really to plan and we’ve given it everything we have, but we didn’t really get the results we wanted. In general we can’t really complain, we’ve still be on the podium, we’ve still been getting good points, except for one. It makes things tough for this second part of the season; we just need to pick up our performances a bit and get a bit more comfortable with the bike.”
Heading into the weekend the double world champion is still concerned about his bike’s chatter problems, “Chatter’s the first and foremost [problem] and as we’ve improved the rear chatter and understanding of what’s causing it, with this new front tire - we felt from the first minute we tested it - it made things a lot worse. Every step Bridgestone are taking is making it a lot more complicated for us. But I suppose it makes the challenge bigger and if we can at least take the fight to the championship towards the end then I think it’ll be a great achievement, because everything seems to be staking up against us at the moment.”
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow, who bravely contested the last round with a fractured ankle, is currently leading the charge for fourth in the table. After two weeks of rest he is in slightly better shape heading into the Assen race. He said, “It’s not been too bad, my ankle is coming along good. I went back to the Isle of Man and used the hyperbaric chamber there to get the swelling down. Luckily I didn’t have to have any surgery on it. As you could see in Silverstone it didn’t hinder me too much in the race, but it’s still a bit sore to walk on.”
One talking point over the past weeks has been the pre-Silverstone test the Brit had to pass. “It wasn’t that nice. They made me run the length of this room about four times. Wasn’t really a run, but more of a hobble, and do some foot raises. I think they were right to. The medics at the circuit and the Clinica Mobile did a fantastic job. The main concern was not for me, but the other riders -- if I can’t get out of the way on the track if I had a crash or something because I couldn’t run because of my ankle.”
And lastly he quashed any rumors about a possible factory switch: “I’m going to do the best job I can for Monster Yamaha Tech 3.”
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