Sete Gibernau fell for the second consecutive race in the German GP. The Telefonica Movistar Honda MotoGP rider lost control of his front wheel on the eighth lap when placed third behind Max Biaggi and Valentino Rossi. Sete cut a dispondent figure as he made his way to the box, but team-mate Colin Edwards rode a good race to finish fifth after starting on the fourth row.
SETE GIBERNAU
(dnf): “There’s not much I can say now. We had another good weekend until the final part. I want to try and take it calmly, analyse excatly what happened and leave Germany remembering that there is still a lot of the championship left and hope that my bad luck will come to an end at Donington. It’s going to be very important to recover mentally, to arrive in England thinking that nothing has yet been decided and that we can continue to be strong.”
COLIN EDWARDS
(5th, + 16”137): “Yesterday we found a good set-up for the race but, even so, we made a few small changes which I felt better with in the warm-up. I got a good start and tried to push forward, but the traffic got in my way. The front end dtarted to tuck from the third lap and it was really difficult to control the bike through turns 5, 6 and 7. I would like to be fighting for the podium but after starting from so far back, fifth place is a good result.”
FAUSTO GRESINI
(Team manager): “It is Sete’s second consecutive crash and the truth is that it doesn’t help at a time when it is important to score points, but that’s racing. Now we have to analyse why it happened and keep working as we have done up to now. There’s no need to give up, we have lost a battle but not the war. We are still in with a great chance in the championship and, even though this is a tough time, I have confidence in the team and I’m sure they’ll be back where they belong”.
GERMAN GP
- Max Biaggi (Ita/Honda) 42’23”287
- Alex Barros (Bra/Honda) + 0”349
- Nicky Hayden (USA/Honda) + 4”293
- Valentino Rossi (Ita/Yamaha) + 4”500
- Colin Edwards (USA/Honda) + 16”137
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Valentino Rossi 139 p.
- Max Biaggi 138 p.
- Sete Gibernau 126 p.
- Alex Barros 79 p.
- Colin Edwards 75 p.