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Italian GP - Second Qualifying Session
Doriano Romboni - IP Aprilia Team - 500cc 4th - 1m 53.938
"It's very satisfying top be on the front row again" , said Romboni who has placed the Aprilia on the front 
row three times this season. It feels great to be in this position on Saturday but I must admit I'm already 
thinking about the race and that is going to be tough. If you remember yesterday I said that we had a front 
suspension problem. I thought then that if we could sort that out I could go a second quicker. The Ohlins guys 
came up with the answers and it was a lot better today even if not absolutely perfect. After thirty minutes I 
came in and asked my mechanics for a new tyre because I wanted to do a 1m 54.
The first flying lap from the stop was 53.9 so I was happy with that. I'm very happy with the set up of the 
bike for the race ",said Romboni and the Dunlop engineers confirmed that the fast times were set on race set 
up tyres." My concern though is the fours. It's great to be on the front row but here it is a very long way to 
the first corner. This track is great but I don't think there is anywhere where we really have an advantage 
over the fours. Maybe I can get out of the "S" sections above the paddock quicker than them but it is too far 
to the next corner and they can out drag me. Through the big fast corners the fours seem just as quick. I saw 
Doohan going through the final downhill left hander and he wasn't slow! For us Mugello is tougher than Jerez 
or Suzuka. Of course I want to get on the podium, for me, for the team, for Aprilia, getting on the podium,
that's the dream."
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Italian GP - First Qualifying Session
Doriano Romboni - IP Aprilia Team 500cc - 7th - 1m 55.078
"The bike is good, we just have one real problem to sort out ", said Romboni. "I just wasn't happy with the 
feeling I was getting from the front forks going into the corners. That makes a problem here because so often 
there are two corners together and if you don't get the entrance right it's quite a big disadvantage. This is 
just the second time I have ridden the 400 here, the first time was early in my testing of the bike back last 
November so really I have no more experience here than anyone else. We still have to go through the full 
setting up process. We tried a lot of tyres with quite a bit of success, Dunlop have done a lot of work and 
the ones we ended the session with worked well, front and rear. We've got more to try tomorrow so we might do 
even better but anyway I don't think we've got a problem with tyres. The Ohlins guys have some good ideas to 
sort out the front suspension so I think it should be OK tomorrow, it is just a matter of coming up with the 
right settings and I think that will make a big difference for us. The engine is great, it's running well but 
you can't get away from the fact that this front straight here is long and the fours are making up a lot of 
time there."
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Gran Premio d'Italia - Primo Turno Prove Ufficiali
Doriano Romboni (IP - Aprilia Racing Rsv 500)
Settimo miglior tempo in 1'55"078 a 1"156 dalla pole position
Con il suo lungo rettilineo e le curve in salita, quella del Mugello non è la pista più favorevole alla 
bicilindrica IP-Aprilia.
Nonostante questo, però, il pilota spezzino è riuscito a ottenere un'incoraggiante settima posizione, 
lasciandosi alle spalle numerosi piloti in sella a una quattro cilindri ufficiale.
"Nonostante quello del Mugello sia il nostro circuito per i test, io qui ho girato una sola volta durante 
l'inverno. Quindi non partivo troppo avvantaggiato rispetto agli altri piloti e ho praticamente dovuto 
iniziare da zero la messa a punto della moto.
Anche qui, come era già accaduto due settimane fa a Jerez, il nostro problema è la forcella e la moto 
sbacchetta ancora troppo in uscita di curva. Speriamo, anche con l'aiuto della telemetria, di riuscire a 
eliminare questo inconveniente e a rendere l'avantreno più stabile: con la moto a posto il tempo di 1"54" 
basso è alla nostra portata. Ovviamente il lungo rettilineo dei box ci penalizza nei confronti delle più 
potenti quattro cilindri, ma tutto sommato sono soddisfatto del motore della mia IP-Aprilia. Durante le prove 
abbiamo testato anche tantissime gomme: un duro lavoro, ma che ha portato i suoi frutti. Durante la fine del 
turno, infatti, sono riuscito a individuarne un paio che dovrebbero andare bene anche per la gara".
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