Pramac Racing riders Randy de Puniet finishes 14th in San Marino Grand Prix – MotoGP news
Pramac Racing rider Randy de Puniet was able to score a 14th position in the 2011 San Marino Grand Prix.
The Italian round held at Misano was affected by rain in the initial laps. On the other hand, Loris Capirossi retired due to a drive chain failure.
Randy de Puniet said, “I’m disappointed. After Indianapolis, I thought things would go better, but this weekend was really negative in terms of my feeling with the bike. Even the heat didn’t help me, but what really didn’t work was the front end.”
Puniet expressed that he was looking forward to finish in a better place somewhat like the Indianapolis GP. He added that a top ten finish would have been a pleasure for the team.
The Frenchman was lacking confidence with his Ducati machine which he had at the Indy race. Track Engineer for Puniet, Marco Rigamonti also said that the bike and the setup was the same as used in the QP session but this time the feel was missing since warm
up and during the race.
However, he was quick to leave this race behind and concentrate on the upcoming round at Motorland Aragon in Spain. From Aragon onwards he is focused to improve his race results in the season.
Meanwhile Puniet’s teammate was struggling to complete the race and a technical failure added to his problems. It forced him to retire from the race. It was a complete disaster for the Italian rider and he was not able to complete the last Italian race of
his career.
Loris Capirossi said, “Today was another unfortunate day. We managed to do something good during the warm-up, but the race was really a disaster. I had a problem with the clutch on the start, and then another one with the chain as a result.”
The Italian rider added that the problems ruined his most important day, as initially the clutch and then the chain wrecked the bike.
Though Capirossi came to the garage for a repair but the after returning to the track he realised the chain was totalled due the initial clutch malfunction.
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