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San Carlo Honda Gresini Second Day Testing
29 October 2008
The second and last tests day to prepare the 2009 season, in Valencia, has been set back by the adverse weather conditions: during the morning in fact no rider has been testing because of some drops of rain, and the Ricardo Tormo asphalt was humid; the beginning of testing has been therefore postponed to the afternoon. Today each rider was provided with only one rain tyres set, so Alex De Angelis and his team made the decision not to test because of the difficult track conditions: the asphalt was humid and its temperature was getting colder.
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The MotoGP 2008 Season Ended in Valencia
27 October 2008
Finally the sun has arrived in Valencia where the last round of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship season has ended. Sylvain Guintoli, Alice Team rider, has done a good race after starting from the thirteenth position. The Frenchman has concluded in twelfth position maintaining the same level of the past two days. His teammate, Toni Elias, didn’t make it to do well in front of his fans. The Catalan rider has concluded in eighteenth position after finding some difficulties with the rear part of the bike.
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Fourth & Fifth Row For The Alice Team
25 October 2008
Another day with variable climatic conditions in Valencia where the qualifying session valid for the Comunitat de Valencia Grand Prix took place. Sylvain Guintoli remained for sometimes in second position, but in the last part of the session the surface of the track dried out and most of the riders made it to improve their performances. The French rider, who is still suffering at his left knee after yesterday’s fall, has concluded with the thirteenth best lap time.
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Guintoli Eighth in the First Day at Valencia
24 October 2008
Morning practice characterized by heavy rain that has limited the performances of the MotoGP riders. A pity that both Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, couldn’t step on track in the last minutes of practices due to two falls. It seems that both riders have only suffered two hard contusions and should be able to be back on track tomorrow. Guintoli has always been competitive today concluding with the fifth best lap time in the morning and the eight in the afternoon.
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Last Round of MotoGP Season for Alice Team
23 October 2008
As it happens from many years, the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia will host the last round of the MotoGP World Championship. This is one of the most spectacular circuits included in the calendar because it allows the fans seated on the circuit’s stands to see almost the all track, a unique characteristic between the long tracks included in the World Championship. Last year Sylvain Guintoli made it to qualify with the fifth best lap time and concluded the race in eleventh position. Toni Elias, who started from the fourteenth position, has instead concluded in tenth position. The Spanish rider has obtained his best results on the Valencia circuit in the top class in 2006 by finishing in sixth place.
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Four Championship Points for the Alice Team
20 October 2008
It isn’t the best race of the season, this is for sure, but Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have done what was possible today in one of the most difficult race of the season. Started from the last position, Elias also received a penalty for jump-start and had to go for ride through which made him lose many seconds. This hasn’t taken his morale down, but instead the Spanish rider has maintained a good rhythm that made him conquer some positions concluding in fifteenth position. Also Sylvain didn’t start in the best way, concluding the firsts three laps in last position. But lap after lap the French rider made it to find a good feeling overtaking Aoki, Melandri and De Angelis. Alice Team obtains four points for the Teams’ World Championship remaining in the battle for sixth position. Next World Championship round in Valencia for the final race of the season.
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Pramac Racing Announces 2009 MotoGP Line Up
20 October 2008
Pramac Racing is pleased to be able to announce its new riders for the 2009 MotoGP season – Mika Kallio (Finland) and Niccolò Canepa (Italy). Mika Kallio, who is now third in the 250 World Championship and first of the KTM riders, has ridden in the in the quarter litre class for the last two seasons. In his debut year of 2007 he claimed two victories and seventh position in the championship, whilst in 2008 he has taken three victories and is currently third in the championship. Before stepping on a 250cc bike, the Finnish rider rode a KTM 125cc bike from 2003 to 2006 and claimed 27 podiums, including 7 victories, finishing second in the championship in 2005 and 2006.
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Weather Conditions Hamper Alice Team
18 October 2008
Qualifying practice to forget for the Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, who didn’t make it to use in the best way the Malaysian track when almost completely dry. During the morning a heavy shower wetted the circuit, but in the last minutes of the qualifying session the surface of the track was almost completely dry. Guintoli didn’t make it to use the second soft tyre at his disposal passing on the finish line only a few second after the conclusion of the hour at his disposal, while Elias couldn’t manage to find the right balance of the bike due to the quick changes of the track surface. The pair will have to use in the best way possible tomorrow morning warm up to improve theirs rhythm for the afternoon race.
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Difficult Start for Alice Team at the Malaysian GP
17 October 2008
It was a difficult day for the Alice Team riders Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli. At the end of the first free practice the duo were respectively in sixteenth and eighteenth position, making it to improve a little in the second session concluded in fifteenth and sixteenth position. Toni Elias doesn’t make it to find the best feeling with the rear tyre, which is part of the same family of the one used in Phillip Island only two weeks ago, while Guintoli will try a different front tyre that should allow him to make a good improvement. In today’s second session a light shower has wetted the Sepang circuit and it could happen the same also in the next two days seen the unpredictable weather conditions of this area.
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Elias Grazes the Top Ten
06 October 2008
Difficult race for the Alice Team riders Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli. The French rider has found himself in an accident in the second turn and was obligated to go off track with Chris Vermeulen losing almost twenty seconds from the group. From that moment on the pair put their energies together to reach the riders in front of them. Sylvain, injured at his left shoulder blade yesterday morning, grit his teeth and after passing Melandri at half race, overtook Vermeulen on the finish line concluding in fourteenth position. Toni Elias has instead maintained the eleventh position from the third to the last lap bringing home five points for the World classification. The Alice Team is now in seventh position in the Team’s classification, while Elias and Guintoli are respectively in twelfth and thirteenth position in the riders’ classification. Next MotoGP round in Malaysia in two weeks.
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Fifth Row for Alice Team in Australia
04 October 2008
Sunny day at Phillip Island where the MotoGP riders have battled in the qualifying session valid for the Grand Prix of Australia. The red and white duo didn’t make it to go further than the fifth row with Elias and Guintoli respectively in thirteenth and fourteenth position. The Catalan rider encountered some difficulties with the tyres, while the French rider crashed in the morning session fracturing his left shoulder blade. Not at the best condition he has chosen anyway to step on the bike in the afternoon concluding only a few thousands of a second from his teammate. Thanks to the help of the Clinica Mobile doctors he will try to recover in the best way possible for tomorrow’s race that will start at 4pm local time.
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Alice Team Looking to Bounce Back at Phillip Island
04 October 2008
After the Motegi race where Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, didn’t make it to maintain the good level found in the last races, MotoGP doesn’t stop and lands in Australia for the sixteenth round of the 2008 season. Phillip Island circuit is one of the most fascinating in the MotoGP calendar. The many fast turns need a powerful bike but very well balanced to give the maximum confidence to the riders so that they can ride smoothly in the many directions changes. Last year the Alice Team duo, which were riding with two different bikes, have respectively concluded in fourteenth and fifteenth position with Guintoli in front of the Catalan rider. Elias has never been lucky on the circuit located in the region of Victoria, stepping on the podium in only one occasion in 2001 when he was riding in the 125cc category.
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Complicated Weekend for the Alice Team - Guintoli 14th, Elias 16th
28 September 2008
Since yesterday’s qualifying session we could have understood that this would have been a difficult race for the Alice Team riders. Started from 14th and 15th position, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli have concluded the first lap in 15th and 17th place with the French rider in front of the Spaniard. Elias has therefore tired to comeback but during the seventh lap he went off track and when back on track he found himself in last position with many seconds of disadvantages from De Angelis who was the first rider in front of him.
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Difficult Qualifying for the Alice Team in Motegi. Elias & Guintoli on Fifteenth Row
27 September 2008
Surely not the best qualifying session of the season for the Alice Team and its rider that during the qualifying session couldn’t make it further than the fourteenth and fifteenth best lap times. Elias, who is in front of his teammate, isn’t in the best physical condition due to illness. Guintoli has a good race rhythm but didn’t make best use of his Bridgestone qualifying tyres.
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Stoner Sets Early Pace at Motegi, Good Start for Melandri
26 September 2008
Casey Stoner set the quickest lap on the opening day of free practice for the Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi today, where Marco Melandri made an encouraging start with the eighth fastest time. It was a good day for Ducati in general, with all four riders inside the top ten. The weather continued its persecution of the MotoGP paddock in 2008, with morning rain making for a damp track that dried out in the afternoon. Lap times, however, were still some way off record pace.
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Good Start for Alice at Motegi GP - Guintoli 6th, Elias 9th
26 September 2008
Good beginning of the weekend for the Alice Team who thanks its riders, Sylvain Guintoli and Toni Elias, enter the top ten in the first day of work at Motegi. During the first free session, with wet track, the two riders have respectively finished in fifth and seventh position while in the second hour when the track was completely dry they concluded in sixth and ninth position. Tomorrow the weather forecast promises much better weather conditions that should help the two riders to modify and improve theirs Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat during the last free session and improve their positions in the qualifying hour.
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Elias Looking for 2nd Consecutive Podium in Motegi
24 September 2008
The Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, are ready to race in Japan where last year they battled together to conquered the podium. In fact, in the last edition of the Japanese Grand Prix held last September, the Spanish rider has beaten by only half a second his future will be teammate concluding in third position. United this year in the Alice Team, the duo will try all possible to repeat, if not improved, the result conquered last season.
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Elias Conquered Another Podium
01 September 2008
For the second consecutive time during this season Alice Team rider, Toni Elias, stepped on the podium thanks to the third position conquered in the San Marino Grand Prix on the Misano circuit. The Catalan rider started well and made it to maintain the fifth position until the fifth lap when he overtook Dani Pedrosa together with Jorge Lorenzo. With Casey Stoner’s fall during the eight lap the third position was secured even if Dani Pedrosa tried to come back at half of the race. But Toni Elias after some difficulties found back the initial race rhythm and concluded the race with more than five seconds from the fourth. Guintoli didn’t make it to go further than the eleventh position after a race rich of complications. Next round of the World Championship will be held on the historic track of Indianapolis in two weeks time.
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Difficult Start for the Alice Team in Misano GP
29 August 2008
First day of work for the Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, on the Misano Adriatico circuit for the San Marino and Riviera di Rimini Grand Prix. Both riders have encountered some difficulties with the set up of their Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat on this hot track. During the afternoon session there were forty-five degrees on the ground and thirty-two in the air. Tomorrow morning the Hispanic-French duo will have another free practice hour at their disposal to improve their bike’s set up to be able to conquer a satisfying position for Sunday’s starting grid.
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Elias Takes Alice Team on the Podium in Brno
17 August 2008
Fantastic day at the Brno circuit. Toni Elias, Alice Team rider, has registered great lap times since the warm up concluded with the fifth fastest lap time. Then in the race, where he started in thirteenth position, he has made understand that today it was a completely different story. Incredible overtakes that allowed him to find himself in sixth position after only seven laps. But the Spanish rider wanted more, pushing his Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat with Bridgestone tyres to the maximum reaching in short time the group battling for second position. In just a few laps, thanks to spectaculars overtake, the second position was secured and he was able to control the distance from the third rider, Loris Capirossi.
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