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Hopkins Hoping For Top Ten At Valencia
25 October 2008
Kawasaki's John Hopkins has his sights firmly set on a top ten finish at the final Grand Prix of the season in Valencia tomorrow, after qualifying his Ninja ZX-RR in 14th position on the grid. Anthony West will start his final race for Kawasaki from 17th position on the grid, after trailing his teammate home by just two tenths of a second this afternoon. Following yesterday's wet practice, intermittent rain at the 4km circuit today left the entire MotoGP field with little time to set-up their race machines in dry conditions. The rain began to fall just 10-minutes into the opening session of the day and although a dry line began to appear towards the end of the practice stint, neither Hopkins nor teammate West were able to switch to full slick tyres.
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Difficult Day for Kawasaki at Phillip Island
04 October 2008
Kawasaki's John Hopkins and Anthony West remain optimistic ahead of tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix, despite finishing today's qualifying in 16th and 18th positions after both suffered with cornering difficulties aboard their Ninja ZX-RR race machines. Hopkins made a host of set-up changes ahead of the final free practice this morning, but like many other of the riders out on track in the early session, the Kawasaki pilot was caught out on cold tyres and crashed without injury after losing the front of his Ninja ZX-RR. Undeterred, Hopkins completed 25 laps in this afternoon's qualifying stint to continue improving the balance of his machine, to aid cornering around the Australian track. The 25-year-old Anglo-American was struggling particularly at the notorious final corner, through which riders must carry maximum speed onto the start-finish straight.
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Kawasaki Qualifiers Reap The Rewards After Heavy Rain At Mugello
03 June 2007
Kawasaki Racing Team riders, Olivier Jacque and Randy de Puniet, will start tomorrow's Grand Premio d'Italia Alice from the front of the second and third rows of the grid, respectively.
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De Puniet And Nieto Ready For Le Mans Showdown
19 May 2007
Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet and stand in rider, Fonsi Nieto, will start tomorrow's French Grand Prix from the third and seventh rows of the grid, respectively. Under sunny skies and with a dry track, Randy put in an early qualifier and set the pace at Le Mans this afternoon, topping the leader board for much of the session on his 800cc Ninja ZX-RR. His best time was 1'34.318, with a mere 0.702 seconds between him and eventual pole position holder, Colin Edwards.
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De Puniet Confident After Shanghai Qualifying
05 May 2007
Kawasaki rider, Randy de Puniet, will start tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix from the third row of the grid after qualifying in seventh position at the Shanghai International Circuit. Improving on the ninth place grid position he achieved at the circuit last year, his best time today was 1’59.985, with an impressive top speed of 320.66 km/h. The 26-year-old Frenchman held provisional pole for much of the session after putting in his fastest lap some 20 minutes in but, after this early use of a qualifying tyre, the other riders managed to catch up and push him back down the order. The team was hoping for a better result but Randy was unable to improve his time using his other two sets of Bridgestone qualifiers before the hour-long session was over. Adjustments to the suspension set up proved unfruitful and a return to the bike’s standard setting tomorrow should see Randy more confident.
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Kawasaki Faces With Optimism The Istanbul Challenge
21 April 2007
Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque will start tomorrow’s Turkish Grand Prix from the third and fourth row respectively after qualifying eighth and eleventh at the one-hour long qualifying session that took place today at the Istanbul Circuit Park. Despite the grid position achieved is not as good as expected, the Kawasaki Team faces with optimism the third race of the 2007 season after showing an important improvement on the engine and chassis side making the riders feel more comfortable and reducing the lap times as the sessions were progressing.
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Kawasaki Ready To Fight Again In Istanbul
19 April 2007
The well-deserved three-week break after the Spanish GP comes to an end this week with the Kawasaki Racing Team heading now to Asia for this weekend's Grand Prix of Turkey at the stunning circuit of Istanbul Park. An anti-clockwise circuit with a total of 14 turns at which Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque will try to make up for the performance showed in Jerez at the second round of the 2007 season. After racing in Losail and Jerez, which held preseason tests prior to the GP's, this weekend will be the first occasion this year for all MotoGP teams and riders to ride at the undulating 5.340 km Turkish circuit.
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Jerez Proves Challenging For Kawasaki
25 March 2007
Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet was disappointed to end today's qualifying session ahead of tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix in twelfth position, despite lapping less than half-a-second off the pole position time set by Honda's Dani Pedrosa. While de Puniet will start tomorrow's 27-lap race from the fourth row of the grid, his Kawasaki teammate, Olivier Jacque, is facing a much tougher challenge, as he tries to make up places from the sixth row of the grid, after finishing today's hour-long timed session in 16th position.
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Kawasaki Faces With Conviction European Debut In Jerez
20 March 2007
After a hard start to the year in Qatar just over seven days ago, the Kawasaki Racing Team head for the first European round of the new season at the technical Jerez circuit, for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The technical Andalusian circuit welcomes back all the MotoGP teams less than a month after the Official IRTA test at the track, which saw Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque top the timesheets on the final day of testing.
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Third Row Start For Kawasaki'S Young Gun
09 March 2007
Kawasaki young gun, Randy de Puniet, will start tomorrow's opening race of the season from the third row of the grid, after qualifying his Ninja ZX-RR in eighth place for the Grand Prix of Qatar. The first qualifying session of the season, during which de Puniet held provisional pole for almost 20 minutes, was a success for Kawasaki's tyre partner, Bridgestone, with six of their riders filling the top ten positions.
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Top Five For De Puniet At The First Official Challenge
26 February 2007
Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet brought to an end the final pre-season test in fine style this afternoon, as he took a hard-fought fifth place during the annual 40-minute televised qualifying shootout at Jerez. The 26-year-old Frenchman has been consistently in the top ten on the timesheet throughout the three-day IRTA test on race tyres, but despite finishing the timed qualifying session as the top Bridgestone rider today, de Puniet was convinced he could have gone faster had he not hit a false neutral on his final flying lap.
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De Puniet Sixth Fastest On Closing Day At Losail
17 February 2007
The curtain finally came down on the first official test of the 2007 season after three non-stop days at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, with Randy de Puniet closing out the test with the sixth fastest time of the day aboard his Ninja ZX-RR. Once again the 26-year-old Frenchman was left to fly the flag alone for Kawasaki, as the after effects of his day one crash again forced Olivier Jacque to sit out most of his planned test session today.
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Interview With Ichiro Yoda - Kawasaki Racing Director
17 February 2007
When Ichiro Yoda joined Kawasaki's MotoGP project for the 2005 season, he brought with him more than 20 years of grand prix engineering experience. For two years the Japanese engineer has been the driving force behind the development of Kawasaki's 990cc Ninja ZX-RR, a period that culminated in the podium finishes by Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano in Shanghai and Assen respectively.
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Kawasaki's De Puniet Shows His Speed On Final Day In Sepang
03 February 2007
Randy de Puniet's confidence in Kawasaki's 800cc Ninja ZX-RR received a massive boost during the third and final day of testing at Sepang, when the Kawasaki pilot managed to dip below his personal best time at the 5.543km Malaysian circuit. The 25-year-old Frenchman and his crew opted to test a qualifying tyre for the first time on the new bike during this morning's session, before switching back to standard rubber for a race distance simulation in the afternoon.
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