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Alice Team Ready for First 'Home' Race of Season
3 Days ago
After the race on the Shanghai circuit, in China, the MotoGP world championship is back in the old continent for the Alice Grand Prix of France. On the Le Mans circuit, located in the French region of the Loire, Elias didn’t have much luck last year. In fact, his race finished after only one lap from the start. This year, after the improvement shown in China, the Spanish rider hopes to continue to optimize his riding style on the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 SAT in order to gain precious points for the MotoGP world classification.
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Elias at The Salon De La Moto in Barcelona
09 May 2008
Yesterday evening, Thursday may 8th 2008, Alice Team rider, Toni Elias, went to the bike show in Barcelona where he meet his fans at the Motocard stand, Alice Team sponsor in the MotoGP World Championship. The 25 years old, who lives in Manresa, near Barcelona, has signed many autograph for his supporters that used this wonderful opportunity to meet their idol. Elias was impressed with the amount of people who showed up at the event, declaring: “Unluckily with our work we are always around the world and we never have the opportunity to dedicate some time to our fans. This has been a fantastic opportunity to meet the people from my area, my first supporters. In fact, many fans met today come from Barcelona or the towns nearby. I have to thank Motocard who gave me this opportunity.”
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Elias in Eighth at The Pramac GP of China
04 May 2008
The fourth 2008 MotoGP race started with uncertain track condition. The asphalt has completely dried out a few minutes before the start of the Pramac Grand Prix of China, where the Alice Team riders have respectively started from fifteenth and fourteenth position. Guintoli has done better than his team-mate at the beginning maintaining the thirteenth position until the eighteenth lap when he lost two position and concluded in fifteenth. The opposite has done Toni Elias, who in the sixth lap was in seventeenth position, but after a few laps the Spanish rider found the right rhythm which allowed him to come back and finish the race in eight position. A pity for the not so happy start, seen Toni has registered the fifth fastest lap in the race, not too far from the fastest. A sensible step forward for the Catalan rider who hopes to keep growing in two weeks time, on May 18th, when there will be the Alice Grand Prix of France.
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Fifth & Sixth Row for the Team Alice Pair
03 May 2008
Alice Team rider, Toni Elias, didn’t make it to maintain the same position obtained in the first day of work in Shanghai, where he concluded in eleventh position, finishing today’s qualifying session in fifteenth position. The Spaniard was in eight position after half session, but couldn’t make it to use in the best way Bridgestone qualifying tyres. Sylvain Guintoli, seated in the other side of the Alice Team box, has improved his lap times registered during the firsts three free sessions, but it wasn’t enough to conquer a good position in the starting grid. Today’s temperatures were similar to the first day of work on the Shanghai circuit, with the asphalt temperature that reached 48 degrees. Weathermen are promising rain for tomorrow, with more than 80% of possibilities for a wet race.
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Elias Grazes The Top Ten
02 May 2008
The improvements done in the last test at Estoril have helped the Alice Team in the first day of free practice in China, on the Shanghai circuit. In fact, the Alice Team Spanish rider, Toni Elias, has concluded the firsts two hours of work with the eleventh best lap time notwithstanding a small electronic problem didn’t allow him to be on track in the last ten minutes of the day. The other Alice Team rider, Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli, couldn’t make it to do the same, ending the day in seventeenth position. The asphalt temperature reached this morning 42 degrees and 50 degrees in the afternoon. Tomorrow another day of free practice for the Alice Team duo, before the afternoon qualifying session.
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Alice Team Ready For Shanghai
29 April 2008
After the step forward taken in the Estoril’s race, where the Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have respectively equalized and improved their best 2008 performances, MotoGP travels to the a different continent for the Pramac Grand Prix of China. The Chinese circuit, built in 2005, has hosted the same year the first MotoGP race and the main characteristic of this track is the longest (1202m) and fastest straight of the MotoGP calendar, situated just before the finish line straight.
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Steps Forwards For The Alice Team At Estoril
13 April 2008
At the third appointment of the season, after the difficulties met during the first two Grand Prix races in Qatar and Jerez de la Frontera, the Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have improved their performances. The end of this not-so-lucky period for the Hispanic-Italian Team is still far, but this can be considered as a good starting point. During the warm up, when the track was wet, Sylvain was at ease on the Estoril circuit, but, unluckily for him, in the first hours of the Portuguese afternoon, the track completely dried out. On the contrary, Toni, who encountered some difficulties in the 25 minutes of morning work concluding in 18th position, found a good setting of the bike in the afternoon and finished in 12th position.
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14th For Elias, Guintoli In 6th Row
13 April 2008
Toni Elias, Alice Team rider, has concluded the third qualifying session of the season in fourteenth place, the same of his best performance conquered at the first race of the season in Qatar. In the other side of the garage Toni’s teammate, Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli, has slipped in the official session after the first few laps. After having concluded the session, the French rider went to the mobile clinic to check the situation of his injury, but, luckily, it doesn’t seems a worrying situation. Sylvain has slightly twisted his left ankle and he shouldn’t have any complication for Tomorrow’s race.
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Weather Effects First Day Of Work In Estoril
11 April 2008
As promised by the meteorologists in the past few days, the first hour of practice in the Portuguese Grand Prix has been under the rain. At the end of this hour of work for the MotoGP riders, the sky cleared up a bit and the sun dry out the track for the second session. In the first sixty minutes Alice Team French rider, Sylvain Guintoli, has registered interesting lap times positioning in second place until a few minutes left. Once he came back in the box other riders improved their best lap times and the Frenchman concluded in ninth position.
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Still A Lot Of Work To Do For The Alice Team
31 March 2008
Alice Team Catalan rider Toni Elias, who started from the sixteenth position of the starting grid, started well in the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez de la Frontera. At the first time check the Catalan rider was in twelfth position after passing De Angelis, Dovizioso and West. His Team-mate, Sylvain Guintoli, didn’t make it to start in the same way losing a position to Marco Melandri, who started just behind him. But from the second lap things didn’t go too well also for Toni who lost positions until he dropped to fifteenth position, just in front of his team-mate Sylvain Guintoli.
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Sixth Row For The Alice Team In Jerez
29 March 2008
Weather conditions remained good at Jerez de la Frontera for the second day of work on the Spanish circuit. First 1008 MotoGP European qualifying session ended with the Alice Team that conquered the sixteenth and the seventeenth position on the starting grid. Spanish rider Toni Elias has concluded in front of his team-mate, Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli, for just over half of a second. Tomorrow, on the Andalusia circuit, great enthusiasm for the twenty-second Spanish Grand Prix ridden in Jerez with the weather forecast that promises perfect climatic conditions.
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First European Working Day For The 2008 MotoGP Season
29 March 2008
Sunny day in Andalusia, Spain, on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, where MotoGP World Championship riders have ridden for the firsts kilometres of the season in the old continent. Alice Team Riders, Sylvain Guintoli and Toni Elias, have tried hard to conquer a good position in the standing, concluding respectively in sixteenth and eighteenth place. The French rider has started well the afternoon session, improving his best morning lap time than almost a second straight away, but a fall in the fifth lap has compromised his work with more than half of the session left. Toni Elias has tried to work on both bikes at his disposal, not finding the right setting to reach higher positions. Tomorrow another hour of free practice for the French-Hispanic duo, before qualifying session that will determine the starting grid of the Spanish Grand Prix 2008, the twenty-second ridden in Jerez.
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MotoGP Back In The Old Continent For Spanish GP
27 March 2008
In Jerez de la Frontera, town with more than two hundred thousand people, located in the southern part of Spain, the first European Grand Prix of the season will take place after the first exciting race of the year ridden at night in Qatar, where the Alice Team riders Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli have conquered their first world championship points of the 2008 season. The circuit is a firm point in the MotoGP calendar, in fact, after the track was built more than twenty years ago, in 1986, a race has taken place every year in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
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First Race & Firsts Points For The Alice Team
10 March 2008
Alice Team Riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have conquered the firsts world championship points in the first race of the MotoGP season on the Losail International circuit in Qatar. The first World Championship historical nocturnal race, hasn’t be so lucky for the French-Hispanic duo, as both riders found some complications during the race. The Spanish rider (Elias) has meet some difficulties straight away since the first laps he was going slower compared to the time registered during warm up.
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First Qualifying Of The Year In Qatar Under Floodlights
09 March 2008
Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have stepped on the Losail international circuit, in Qatar, for the first qualifying session of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship under the floodlights. Guintoli wasn’t in the best physical conditions due to some fever and a bad cold. Elias has tried to improve his best lap time until the last second trying to improve his position in the standing, concluding in fourteenth position, in fifth row. In the qualifying hour the track temperature was of fifteenth degrees, while the air temperature just one degree more. Tomorrow twenty minutes of warm up before the first historic nocturnal MotoGP race.
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Hard Work For Elias & Guintoli In Qatar
08 March 2008
Intensive night of work for the Alice Team on the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar. Riders Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli have continued the work begun last week, in the two days of winter testing at night on February 28th and 29th on the same track, trying to find the right set up of their bikes. The Spanish rider (Elias) has concluded with the sixteenth fastest lap time of the day, while the French (Guintoli) has ended in eighteenth position. Today’s track temperatures were eighteenth degrees in the first session and fourteenth in the second hour of work. Tomorrow another hour of free practice before qualifying session which will decide the first starting grid of the MotoGP 2008 season.
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Alice Team Ready For The First MotoGP Season
04 March 2008
Sunday March 9th, in Qatar, the Alice Team adventure will begin in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship season. The new structure that will compete with the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat and Bridgestone tyres has completed its winter testing on the Losail International circuit, in Doha, last Friday, preparing in the best way possible for this particular race. In fact, for the first time in the history of the MotoGP World Championship, the race will be held at night under an impressive floodlight system, supported by 44 Pramac generators, co-owner of the Team.
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Winter Tests Concluded For The Alice Team
01 March 2008
With the second nocturnal test on the Losail International Circuit, in Qatar, MotoGP winter tests have concluded. From next weekend, always in Doha, things will get serious with the first 2008 MotoGP World Championship round. Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have worked hard to find the best solution for the beginning of the season. The French rider, during the fast lap, has slipped and hurt his right arm, but after the first medical exam it doesn’t seem a serious injury. The rider is already on a flight to England where he will undergo further medical check up.
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First MotoGP Night Test
29 February 2008
The first MotoGP nocturnal session has finished without any complication in Doha, Qatar. The Losail circuit has hosted the first MotoGP World Championship session ever under the floodlights; this was the last exam before next weekend’s MotoGP round on the same circuit. The Alice Team riders have declared themselves amused and satisfied about the conditions of the track, totally approving the project. Tomorrow, the MotoGP riders will have another possibility to adapt to the cold and windy conditions of the lit up desert circuit.
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Official Test In Jerez Concluded
19 February 2008
Last day of work at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit for the Alice Team in preparation of the first European MotoGP World Championship round, on the same circuit, on March 30th. The French-Hispanic white and red duo has ridden for many laps notwithstanding rain has limited their work during the morning. Sylvain (Guintoli) has been constantly in the top ten during the day, concluding the session in thirteenth position. Toni (Elias), on the other side, was able to conquer the fifteenth position at the last attempt even if he committed a small mistake. The Alice Team will be back on track for the last winter test of the season in Qatar from February 27th.
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