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PORTUGESE GP- ESTORIL

HARRIS - WCM

David de Gea - 23rd ­ 1'42.919
"I am happy with the new 4 stroke and I like very much this track. The team and I are happy with today's qualifying and I improved on my time from practice this morning. The power with the 4 stroke is good; we just have to work on a few issues with the front braking, but other then that everything seems to be working nicely with the bike.

Chris Burns ­ 24th ­ 1'45.066
"I've not had a great start to the weekend. This morning I missed 20 minutes of practice due to some electronic problems and in the afternoon qualifying session, there were problems with the throttle and I had no option but to run it through the gravel and jump off. I only did 9 laps in this afternoon's session. Its such a shame, I have not been to this track before and I need as much time as I can to learn the track, this has really set us back a bit."

Peter Clifford ­ Team Manager
"A classic day of ups and downs. Very sorry that a technical problem caused Chris's fall this afternoon, marring an otherwise fantastic day for our new engines debut.

I certainly didn¹t believe that everything could go so well on what should really should be a test outing. The fact that bike ran and ran so well is a real tribute to the whole host of people who have been involved in making this happen.

Chris¹s accident was nothing to do with the new engine and I am sure both riders will have a chance to put in decent qualifying times tomorrow afternoon."