RAIN CUTS SHORT SECOND DAY OF TESTING IN SEPANG
 Camel
Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards both
made progress on the development of the 2006-spec YZR-M1 in
Malaysia today, despite the day being cut short by rain. The
morning saw high temperatures and building humidity at the
Sepang track before it gave way to a rainstorm in the mid-afternoon.
Both riders decided not to carry on testing and now hope for
good weather tomorrow in order to make the most of the final
day.
Ducati riders Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi both set
fast times under the 2’02 marker today, but Edwards
was close behind with a best lap of 2’02.00 after 58
laps. Rossi, who set a lap of 2’02.14 yesterday, was
ninth fastest today with a best time of 2’02.62 after
41 laps
COLIN EDWARDS (2’02.00, 58 Laps)
“Today went really well and I’m excited about
the progress we’re making already. Usually with a new
bike you have to compromise in some areas to improve others,
but it seems that with this bike they’ve improved it
all over. Yamaha has done a really great job on it over the
winter. The traction especially is much better. The crash
yesterday has actually helped us to make progress and now
we’ve found a setting that I really like. We’ve
still got a tiny bit of chatter, but only in about three corners
so we’re not so worried and I am confident we can find
a way to fix it.”
VALENTINO ROSSI (2’02.62, 41 Laps)
“Today was not perfect because the rain interrupted
everything this afternoon and we didn’t do as much work
as we wanted to. Up to then we had concentrated mostly on
fixing the chatter that we experienced yesterday and in the
end we were successful. We realised that the problem was in
the rear shock and now it’s okay. I ran a lot on old
tyres today and then it started to rain so we weren’t
able to try any of the new race tyres Michelin had brought.
Tomorrow we will probably do a long run and hopefully we will
also get the chance to try some of these new tyres.”
DAVIDE BRIVIO – CAMEL YAMAHA TEAM DIRECTOR
“Unfortunately it rained this afternoon so we couldn’t
finish the day’s work. Despite this both riders made
some progress and Colin’s times especially were quite
fast. Tomorrow we hope that we have good weather and that
we can complete everything that we need to do.”
UNOFFICIAL LAP TIMES
1. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Ducati 2’01.50 10. Marco Melandri
(ITA)
Honda 2’02.70
2. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati 2’01.80 11. Toni Elias
(SPA) Honda
2’03.26
3. COLIN EDWARDS (USA) Yamaha 2’02.00 12. Shinya Nakano
(JPN)
Kawasaki 2’03.43
4. Nicky Hayden (USA) Honda 2’02.02 13. Chris Vermeulen
(AUS) Suzuki
2’03.80
5. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Honda 2’02.26 14. Kenny Roberts
(USA) Honda
2’04.10
6. Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki 2’02.40 15. James
Ellison (GBR)
Yamaha 2’04.15
6. John Hopkins (USA) Suzuki 2’02.40 16. Alex Hofmann
(GER)
Ducati 2’04.49
8. Casey Stoner (AUS) Honda 2’02.57 17. Jose Luis Cardosa
(SPA)
Ducati 2’06.06
9. VALENTINO ROSSI (ITA) Yamaha 2’02.62
Lap Record: Nicky Hayden (Honda) 2005 –
2’02.993
Best Lap: Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2005 –
2’01.731
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