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Titolo: Dorna NEWS - Indonesian GP

5 Apr 1996 - 13:30 CET
First Qualifying Session 125 & 250cc 
Roberto Locatelli - Nastro Azzurro Aprilia Team
250cc 11th - 1m 32.054
"I cannot say too much about that session because I only did four laps 
in the dry. The bike seems great though, it was good
this morning and this track does not take that much learning. The layout 
is not technical and the surface is quite good.
"Then it started to rain and we waited a while to see what would happen. 
When it was obvious that it was going to stay wet I
went out and did a few laps in the rain which was OK but I hope it 
doesn't rain for the race."
Stefano Perugini - Nastro Azzurro Aprilia Team
125cc 8th 1m 36.647
"I ran off the track just before the end of the session when this slower 
rider just took my line right in front of me and I almost
ran into the back of him. It was either hit his rear wheel or brake and 
go straight on into the gravel trap."
"Apart from that I was out on my own for the whole session and those who 
were putting in the quicker laps were all
slipstreaming each other. I think that a good slipstream must be worth a 
full second here over a lap. The bike is working well
though so we don't really have a problem, I think I can go quicker 
tomorrow."
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First 250 Qualifying
Massimiliano Biaggi (Chesterfield Aprilia Team): provisional pole, 1m 
29.692s 
Double World Champion Massimiliano Biaggi made a perfect job of dealing 
with this afternoon's dramatically changing
weather conditions, when he foresaw the heavy rain shower that washed 
out the opening 250 qualifying session. Biaggi got
straight down to business and set the fastest lap of the outing, just 
before the heavens opened. "I knew it was going to rain
because it was so dark, so I did the opposite to what I normally do " I 
went very, very fast at the start of the session," said
Biaggi. "I went out again in the rain because I wanted to see if the 
bike would work okay in heavy rain after the problems we
had in Japan last year. I wanted to check that the ignition, carburation 
and airbox would be okay. I also have a new helmet
and I wanted to see if that would work well in the wet. I was only 
trying 70 per cent but I'd say the track is quite grippy in the
wet. The only place the bike aquaplaned was on back straight."
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5 Apr 1996 - 13:45 CET
First Qualifying Session 500cc
Doriano Romboni - IP Aprilia Team - 500cc
5th 1m 27.712
"I'm very happy with that especially because we now have a much better 
understanding about where we are going with the
tyres. What sorted that out for us are the two double rights here. I can 
go into the first part of the corner good and hard, the
front sticks and turns really well. It is in the second part of the 
corner that I have a problem and the front starts to tuck."
"The point is that with the front tyre loaded it works very well. That 
means that there is nothing very wrong with the tyre, the
fact that it doesn't work as well when I get off the brakes is something 
that we can work on and try and improve with
settings."
"On my fastest lap in that session there was a slower rider in my way in 
the slow chicane and I think that cost me about a
tenth of a second. The bike is great though and I really enjoyed that, 
it is a lot more fun than it was in Malaysia where we
really struggled."
"I think that there is more to come tomorrow so a better time is 
possible."
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5 Apr 1996 - 13:45 CET
500cc World Championship - Round 2
Repsol-Honda Team together with the all World Championship Teams have 
their first qualifying practise ever at the
Indonesian circuit of 3.965 m. 42 kms from Jakata, the capital city of 
the 600 high light buildings. Under the tropical heat of
34§ degrees, luckily just before the rain thundered down the 250cc 
expectations, half an hour later. 
MICHAEL DOOHAN . 2 nd . 1'27 " 138
"Basically today has been one day which we have tried to get everything 
sorted out, like everybody else. The main aim has
been to try and get the best out of the frame settings." Doohan did, at 
the last IRTA tests a 1'26"6 but says it has to do with
him and the bike. "At one stage when things were right, I had three or 
four clear laps but didn't make the best of them. I ran
wide a couple of times and generally missed out on the chance to put in 
a really good lap. Then when things seemed right for
a second try, I ran into a lot of traffic." Just the same, Doohan is 
satisfied with the way things have gone today and comments
that at this basic track it is difficult to pick up time; " You have to 
be inch perfect all the time".
ALEX CRIVILLE . 11 th . 1'28 " 584
The spanish rider with the Repsol-Honda number 4 has recently been 
operated to his hand due to the crash suffered in the
last Malaysian GP; "My hand hurts but what most influenced my riding was 
the weakness I have felt during both tests. I feel
as if I have lost sensitivity to handle the bike and to brake. I was 
operated four days ago so it must influence the antibiotics as
well. The circuit is easy, break and acceleration track but in my 
situation, it makes it a little harder." Alex who feels
disappointed with today session, assures he will race on Sunday and 
adds; "the bike responds well, the only one that is not so
well is the rider."
TADAYUKI OKADA . 1 st . 1'27 " 064
Okada the NSR500V rider of the Repsol-Honda n. 6 has completed the first 
qualifying tests with the provisional
pole-position. The Japanese rider registed his best timing at the last 
minutes of the practise on 23rd lap. "That is because we
chequered the suspension and tyres. We adjusted the setting and did ten 
minutes trying very hard to do a good lap time. This
machine is not so fast on the two long straights of this circuit but we 
made a good overall covering speed. Today we have
only reached an 80% of the setting." Said Tady who tomorrow assures the 
motorcycle will be 100% prepared and what
expectations does the circuit give you about the race? "Other pilots 
might pass me on the two long straight lines of this circuit.
We will try very hard." 
SHINICHI ITOH . 15 th . 1'29 " 841
The Japanese rider of the second 500V motorcycle did not test at the 
last IRTA tests held in February; "Everything is new to
me because I did not test here before. My further handicap is the injury 
of my right hand. It is hard to brake properly."
Referring to his accident at the Malaysian GP. " Also, I have changed 
the direction of the machine and although we tried a lot
of suspension settings, there are no improvements. Tomorrow we intend to 
make big changes to suspension and chassis
settings in a bid to improve my lap times." 
Mr. KUROSAWA: Team Manager " It is a high speed course. I cannot refer 
to this first day of practise because we must
see tomorrow results. We are working on better settings. We test here 
but there is not enough information."
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5 Apr 1996 - 13:30 CET
First Qualifying Session
TOHRU UKAWA-Doria Benetton Honda 250cc - 8th 1'31"674
The Pawan Hujan, wirlock committed by organizers for this first Grand 
Prix of Indonesia to distance the rain of the track of
Sentul has not been very efficient. After ten minutes of the 250 
qualifying practice, it was pourring down with rain obliging
riders to return to stands. 
To this moment, Tohru Ukawa and its DORIA BENETTON HONDA 250 were in 
position eighth, in 1' 31" 674, two
second faraway from his time recorded during winter tests. 
"It was a pity that it was raining so rapidly, confides the rider Doria 
Benetton, because I could truly improve my time and be
closed to the record I had made this winter. It was the first time that 
I ride under a rain like that with the Michelin and I have
been satisfied. Some places of the track was flooded but that didn't 
give me problem thanks to the adhesion of tires. My bike
is handling very well on the wet but I would prefer nevertheless that it 
makes dry tomorrow for second qualifying practice and
for the race."
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