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BRITISH GP - DONINGTON

Race Day Sunday 13th July 2003

Quotes

CHRIS BURNS:
"I am so disappointed crashing on the second lap of my Moto GP debut. I got a reasonable start, got off the line quickly and lost it coming onto the back straight out of Coppice Corner, the engine misfired and the power came on suddenly, lit up the rear tyre and I was gone. My helmet is finished, totally destroyed and I've injured my collarbone. (again) Its not completely broken, just cracked so I will have some laser treatment on it this week, so I'm ready for Germany. This is my 5th collarbone injury now.

As far as the weekend goes, for my home GP, I was hoping for much more, but at least I'm racing, I'm on the grid, working well with the team and we're trying to do our best with the machinery we have at the moment."

DAVID DE GEA:
"There were some problems with my bike during the sighting lap, so I pulled back into the garage and the mechanics tried to find the problem, they changed the silencer and I missed the warm up lap, but started the race from the grid.

Again, more problems with the bike, I was losing power every lap and after 10 laps, I pulled into the garage, The exhaust had cracked.

During the race, I tried to learn as much about the ROC Yamaha as I could, so I can advance more in Germany and at least have some more feeling for the bike for the next race.

It is a slower track in Germany and should suit my bike better. I very much like the Sachsenring this will be the third time that I have raced a 500 there and I have scored points there before.

After my big crash on Saturday, I now feel some pain in my back, so I will see my Doctor in Spain and rest up for the next race.

My team have worked very hard to have my bike ready for me this weekend, and I thank them for the many hours of work they have done for me."

PETER CLIFFORD ­ (Team Manager)
"It¹s all fun until someone gets hurt. We were fortunate in that Chris's broken collarbone and David's practice crash could have been worse. We know we have a lot of work to do on the motorcycles before Germany, but we know what we've got to achieve. Chris is keen to ride at the Sachsenring, but there will be certainly no pressure from us."