Alice Team - Phillip Island Winter Test
Day 2,
RAIN LIMITS SECOND DAY OF TESTING
The second day of testing at the Phillip Island circuit,
in Australia, has been characterized by the rain which was
present during all morning and has limited the Alice Team
riders’ work. Only in the late afternoon the track was
completely dry allowing Toni and Sylvain to continue the development
of their Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat. Tomorrow last day of
work for the Alice Team before the Official IRTA Test in Jerez
in mid February.
Fabiano Sterlacchini – Technical Director
“We are not satisfied yet, we are still too far from
the fastest riders. We made many changes to try to adapt the
bike to Toni’s riding style, but at the moment results
aren’t coming. Toni has a particular riding style, I
am sure that soon we will find the right setting for him,
he will make it to show his best, it’s only matter of
time. We have taken a step forward today, we have found a
front tyre with which we find ourselves very good.”
Sergio Verbena – Track Engineer
“This morning has rained a lot and this has obligated
us to modify our working program. This was the first time
for Sylvain on this bike with this tyres on wet track, and
I have to say he did quite a good job. Apart Stoner, we weren’t
so far from the fastest riders, and this is a good sign for
us. In the late afternoon the track completely dry out but
we didn’t have enough time to make any big step forward.”
Toni Elias – Alice Team Rider (13th best lap
time in 1’32.246 – Total laps 59)
“This morning rain hasn’t helped us. We need
to do as many laps as possible on the dry to find the right
setting of the bike and consequently be competitive also in
wet conditions. We made it to work on completely dry track
for less than a couple of hours and we manage to obtain some
good result. We have found a good solution for the front tyre
and we will keep working on it tomorrow.”
Sylvain Guintoli – Alice Team Rider (14th best
lap time in 1’32.431 – Total laps 64)
“Also today it was a good day of work for us, also
because I had my first experience on wet track with this bike
and Bridgestone tyres. I can consider my self satisfied for
how we performed. We were in the middle of the standing and
this is good for us. We couldn’t do much in the few
laps we had with total dry track, but we count on a sunny
day tomorrow to try to improve our lap times and maybe try
some qualifying tyres.”
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