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Elias: 'These things do happen in racing'

Monday, 27 March 2006

The first race of the season did not get off to a great start for Toni Elias, who missed his braking point trying at the first corner whilst trying to avoid Shinya Nakano. The Spaniard then clipped Valentino Rossi's rear wheel which sent the world champion tumbling onto the floor and very nearly under the wheels of Elias' Honda RCV.

Toni lost a lot of time as a result but proceeded to put in a brilliant performance which saw him finish in fourth, narrowly missing out on a podium finish and one place ahead of his more experienced teammate Marco Melandri. All in all not a bad birthday for the now 23 year old.

Marco is still having problems getting his RC211V setup as he would like but he still managed a solid result in fifth.

Toni Elias

Elias celebrates his birthday

"It was a really tough race, but one of the best of my life. I feel sorry for Valentino, but it was a really close start and we all reached the end of the straight bunched together. I was right next to Shinya Nakano and when I tried to avoid him I clipped Valentino. I went to apologise to him after the race although these things do happen in racing. After that I managed to find a good rhythm and was able to fight back. It was a real shame that after all that effort I could not get on to the podium, but I'm still really happy. I think the spectators really enjoyed it, but I want to thank them for being the best fans in the world."

Marco Melandri

"It was a very difficult race, but at least we have taken some very important points. The changes we made to the bike during the warm-up did not work as well as hoped and we took a bit of a backwards step. I made a good start but did not want to push too hard and risk the points I had. I am still not very comfortable with the front end of the bike so we'll have to work on that. I am confident and HRC are giving us lots of support, the test sessions tomorrow and the day after will help us improve my feeling with the bike."

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