CAPIROSSI SATISFIED WITH WET-WEATHER BRIDGESTONE TYRES
The second day of official IRTA testing at Jerez was hampered
by bad weather, with the track drying out only late in the
afternoon.
Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), Saturday 26 March 2005 - The
second of three days of IRTA testing at Jerez de la Frontera
in Spain was conditioned by bad weather. Loris Capirossi completed
a few laps in the morning on the wet track, declaring that
he was satisfied with the performance of Bridgestone’s
wet weather tyres.
Late in the afternoon, when the track conditions were back
to normal again, Loris had a mechanical problem on his second
bike which forced him into the pits.
“This morning I did a few laps and I was pleased with
the performance of the tyres in the wet” declared Loris.
“Then I stopped for a while to wait for the track to
dry. Once it was back to normal, I started to lap but we had
a split in the oil cooler and as Vitto was using my other
bike, I went back into the pits”.
Vittoriano Guareschi continued development work with the
new engine braking system, and also took to the track with
Capirossi’s number 1 bike, which will be equipped tomorrow
with the new system that was tested today by Vitto.
“The weather didn’t help us today, but this winter
we have been quite lucky and we were sure to find rain sooner
or later!”, declared Corrado Cecchinelli, Ducati Marlboro
Team technical director.
“It was useful in any case to see that the Bridgestone
rain tyres work well here. Loris’s number 2 bike had
a problem with the oil cooler and it was too late to get him
to go back out again.”
Tomorrow is the final day of IRTA testing at the Spanish
circuit. The next time the Ducati Marlboro Team will be out
on track will be April 10, again at Jerez, for the opening
round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship.
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