Hopkins: We're changing nothing.
McCoy's young gun teammate and good friend in the Red Bull Yamaha team, John "Hopper" Hopkins, was only 0.112 seconds behind the three times GP winner as the American clinched an excellent seventh placed start for tomorrow's Czech Grand Prix.
"The qualifying session went great for me and I really want to thank my crew for getting me on the track real quick with all the fast changes," smiled Hopper. "I am really satisfied with the bike and the tyres and we are have a great race set-up for tomorrow, we really need to change nothing tonight and just stick with what we have.
McCoy's young gun teammate and good friend in the Red Bull Yamaha team, John "Hopper" Hopkins, was only 0.112 seconds behind the three times GP winner as the American clinched an excellent seventh placed start for tomorrow's Czech Grand Prix.
"The qualifying session went great for me and I really want to thank my crew for getting me on the track real quick with all the fast changes," smiled Hopper. "I am really satisfied with the bike and the tyres and we are have a great race set-up for tomorrow, we really need to change nothing tonight and just stick with what we have.
"I am really looking forward to tomorrow and for the second row start and I'm aiming for a good race at the front and will focus on putting in a really strong race," he added.
Colin Davies , Hopkins' Race Engineer, was pleased: "John has dropped 3.5 seconds off his fastest time that he set here during two different testing sessions, so I am very pleased with the ongoing improvement we are making. I am really looking forward to tomorrow and we are hoping for a Top 10 finish."
"Yet another superb performance from John," praised Peter Clifford, Red Bull Yamaha's Director of Racing.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
