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Sunday, 12 June 2011 09:33 |
 MotoGP report - Mapfre Aspar rider Hector Barbera had a tricky time of things at Silverstone, and left the circuit not especially pleased with race day where he finished eleventh in the MotoGP race, and was one of the few riders able to complete the contest in tough conditions.
He and his team had made a risky move in softening up the suspension on his Ducati, and the Spaniard realised that this had not been the right move almost as soon as the race began.
There was no going back once the lights went out, however, so he struggled through the twenty lap contest with the objective of not crashing out and picking up points.
It wasn’t easy, with the steering locking on every corner, but a cautious approach ensured his successful completion of the British Grand Prix.
The next round of the World Championship takes place at Assen in the Netherlands, in two weeks time.
Hector Barbera - 11th:
“This race was a tough one for me. We worked a lot on suspension overnight, making the bike softer. I think that we overdid it. I was almost going over the forks whenever I hit the brakes.
"It was hard to ride at the start when I had the fuel tank full and I could feel the steering close up on every corner. If it was a practice session, then I would have come in after the first lap and changed the configurations.
"We were looking for a softer suspension yesterday and today, thinking that it would improve things, but sometimes risks like this don’t pay off. I am unhappy, because I am convinced that I could have taken a good result.
"There is no time to mope about this though, because we are off to Holland in two weeks and will have to work hard to turn things around.”
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