Simoncelli Blames Tires

Simoncelli Blames Tires

Simoncelli Blames Tires

Estoril – After Marco Simoncelli race at Estoril only four corners until finally he crashes. Gresini Honda’s rider was also mentioned there is an error on his motorcycle tire.

In the race on Sunday (05/01/2011), Simoncelli became one of the first driver crashes. Together with him, come out of the race as well as Hector Barbera has not even finished the first lap.

Though Simoncelli felt confident he could on the podium after starting the race from position two. For failing those he apologized to the team.

“I apologize for this failure because this time we have a chance to get on the podium, even win,” he said at the official MotoGP site.

“Maybe I made a little mistake. However, I think this is a mistake on cold tires on the left side, because at the end of Turn 1 we tend to drive the motor to the left to accelerate. It was there the first time I lost the rear.”

“So, on the other corner I started to pay more attention, especially in Turn 4.”

“I passed the corner with a higher gear to make the motor became a more and more refined engine. However, in the middle of the corner, without gas, I crash. There’s nothing I can do,” he said.

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/mWU2jESxBA7/Simoncelli+Blames+Tires

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