Cold conditions not to De Puniet?s liking

Date published : 24 Apr 2009 - 08:41:22

The earlier-than-normal visit to Motegi for the MotoGP World Championship has meant colder conditions for the Polini Grand Prix of Japan, something that has not gone down well with LCR Honda s Randy de Puniet. He placed sixteenth on Friday s opening practice session on a cool track. Randy de Puniet 16th Today s conditions were not very good and the track surface was too cold. I started on a harder front tyre but after some laps my feeling was strange and I decided to change it. After that I felt more comfortable but the bike was hard to ride and could not lap as I would like. At the end I made a mistake because I thought it was my last lap so I missed one lap losing several places. However I think that the lap time is not so bad considering the track conditions. We must improve the suspension set-up but we are not very far from the right setting. I am a bit worried about the weather conditions for the rest of the weekend.