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Edwards Happy After Tough Ride To Eighth

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Colin Edwards was satisfied to come out of the Czech Grand Prix with eighth place after a tough weekend at Brno. The American wasn't happy with the set-up of his YZR-M1 but a set-up change overnight improved the situation for the race.

“I said yesterday that if I finished in the same position that I started that I would be pretty happy. I guess I am pretty happy but it was not an easy race. I know I gave it my absolute maximum out there but eighth position was the best I could do but by no means was it a bad weekend.”

“In the Warm-up this morning I had zero traction, so we made a small geometry change for the race and it was definitely better. I had more grip but the lap time was the same as this morning. All I kept seeing on my lap timer on the dashboard was 58.5, 58.5. It must have been like that for about 14 laps in a row and at one point I thought it had broken. I just couldn’t go much faster and it seems we are lacking traction compared to the others. I was spinning the rear tyre a lot and right now our bike feels a little bit unforgiving.”

The American fought out a race-long battle with fellow countryman Nicky Hayden but couldn't quite overhaul the Ducati despite matching it lap after lap.

“I was right on the back of Nicky for pretty much the whole race but I couldn’t do anything with him. Our lap times just didn’t deviate at all, so I couldn’t get close enough to him. It wasn’t like he had more grip than me, but because we were doing the same pace I didn’t get close enough to attack him.”

 

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