LCR Honda rider Toni Elias finishes in 15th spot at the San Marino Grand Prix – MotoGP news
LCR Honda rider Toni Elias claimed 15th position in the San Marino GP held at the Misano World Circuit.
The Spanish rider was facing a front-end problem in the second half of the race.
The traction issue dropped him to the last position in the race. While in the first half of the race he comparatively fared better.
Elias said, “We tried a few adjustments in this morning’s warm up, but we couldn’t get any improvement so we went back to the setting we already knew for the race. I could lap in the low 1’36 range, but after some laps the guys started to run in the 1’35
range and it was impossible to for me to match their pace.”
In the initial two days of the Italian race weekend, Elias was fighting to improve his race setup due the lack of front-end feel. The problem expectedly hindered him from lapping fast times as in second half of the race, front riders were able to shed off
a second from their times.
Elias added, “In the middle of the race I felt the same issues I felt in practice – I just not have front end confidence. This weekend we didn’t take any steps forward and this is frustrating for me and the team, but we will try to solve this situation in
Aragon.”
The last race weekend at Misano was a special one for him as he recalled the deceased rider Shoya Tomizawa. The rider died during the 2010 event at the Misano circuit. Elias paid his grace to the family of Tomizawa.
Now Toni Elias is at 14th place in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship with 47 points. He is three points away from Karel Abraham of the Cardion AB team. The Spanish rider has raced in all 13 events in the 2011 season
and has just crashed in the season opener round at Qatar.
Although he has shown consistent performance in the season but his best race finish has been eighth in Silverstone under wet conditions. He is looking forward to his home event at Motorland Aragon.
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