Gibernau: We Are Going To Fight For This World Championship

Gibernau: We Are Going To Fight For This World Championship

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From a press release issued by Telefonica Movistar Honda/Gresini Racing:

After the summer break, the MotoGP circus returns to rev its engines for the tenth race of the Championship. On August 22nd, the Brno track (Czech Republic) will host this well known and followed race. This is a race very much loved by the numerous spectators that every year attend this appointment.

Thanks to the Podium double at Donington Park, the Team Telefonica MoviStar Honda is leading the teams classification, whereas Sete Gibernau is back is second position of the riders championship and Colin Edwards moves up to fourth position.


THE TRACK

Fast and technical, Brno maintains the difficulty and fascination of a real circuit: a mixture of fast corners and windy bits which represent for both riders and bikes an excellent way to prove their worth. Many riders love this track because it is so challenging and fast. The main characteristic of this Czech circuit is the frequent altitude changes throughout the track: the circuit winds around the forest filled hills and consequently many corners and is often in descent. To take on these descending corners the riders know how is essential as well as having a perfect bike set up. We mustn’t forget the valuable technical contribution the Michelin engineers give us in fact of tyres. Very important is also power, because on this Brno circuit the MotoGP, often refraining from total freedom of power on other slower tracks, can finally pull out all the stops and use their powerful engines.


SETE’S CHASE FOR THE TITLE AT BRNO

After the podium scored at Donington Park and an important test session on the English track on Tuesday after the British GP, Sete Gibernau finished successfully the first 9 races of the championship.

For him a well deserved summer break: a week in Ibiza with his friends and a week in Switzerland with his personal trainer to train in preparation of the Czech GP.

Sete arrives at Brno ready to fight for the title: “We are going to fight for this World Championship” repeats the Spaniard who has always been convinced of that fact, even when two crashes put him to the test.

Sete Gibernau is back in second position in the championship, 22 points behind Valentino Rossi and he renovates his challenge for the title at Brno, one of his favourite track.

“Brno is a track I love a lot, one of my favourites of the Championship. This is thanks to both the position the track is situated in and the technical difficulties of it. It has good grip and very few holes.

The circuit characteristic: from the first corners to about three fourths the length of the track the circuit tends to be in descent, while for the last quarter the ascent is very pronounced with two chicanes, a very slow one and another very fast one which brings you to the straightaway. I always like racing in Brno.”


COLIN EDWARDS, READY TO STEP UP AGAIN AT BRNO

The American rider of the Team Telefonica MoviStar Honda is ready to face the second half of the season with a new determination.
After a difficult start of the championship, Colin Edwards – thanks to the job of his team and his chief mechanic Fabrizio Cecchini – has finally found the right balance of his RC211V and is ready to stay in front fighting for the win. Colin suffered a lot from chattering problems during the first eight races of the season and he couldn’t express his talent.

The Donington GP represented a real turning point: once the rear and front settings were fixed and found the correct weight distribution, the two times world SBK Champion demonstrated to be back after a successfully race weekend.
Ready for the demanding track of Brno, Colin Edwards arrives in Czech Republic after a period of relax spent in Texas with his family and his friends.

“I really like the track, it has a good character, I like the track in itself. The best section of the track is about halfway around the track you have a little stadium area, it’s difficult on a motorcycle but it’s good.
At Brno, Bike setting and the correct line are very important. It’s a nice flowing track but you have to use the correct line. I also like the atmosphere at Brno, it’s great, there are so many spectators”

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