FINAL DAY OF IRTA TEST FOR DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM
Capirossi concentrates on Bridgestone tyre development.
 Jerez
de la Frontera (Spain), Sunday 27 March 2005 - Fine weather
(air 21° C/track 43°) greeted the third and final
day of the last winter testing session prior to the start
of the 2005 MotoGP championship season and all the MotoGP
teams present were able to prepare their bikes in view of
the opening round of the season scheduled to be held here
on April 10.
The three-day Jerez test concluded with a generally positive
balance sheet for the Ducati Marlboro Team, which could only
count on the services of Loris Capirossi and test-rider Vittoriano
Guareschi as Carlos Checa is recovering from a dislocated
left shoulder.
Today Loris concentrated mainly on testing several types
of tyres, and the Italian obtained positive impressions from
the qualifying and front tyres.
"I am very satisfied with the qualifying tyres: the ones
I tested were really excellent" commented Loris. "Even
the front tyres go well here at Jerez and the rear race tyres
are already pretty good. We felt the absence of Carlos over
the last three days, and with him for sure we could have got
through a lot more work. However I gave everything I could,
now all we have to do is wait for April 10."
Loris completed a total of 93 laps of the Spanish track, setting
a best time of 1m40.55s.
Vittoriano Guareschi was also on the track for the final
day of the test, and amongst other things the Italian completed
a long-run with the new engine braking system.
"These were three hard days of work", declared
Filippo Preziosi, Director of Ducati Corse, who has been present
at both of the tests at Barcelona and Jerez. "We return
home with a massive amount of data accumulated by Loris and
Vitto, who were both tireless in their work as always. I would
like to thank Loris for his dedication and professionalism:
he worked really hard and that allowed us to make the most
of this important test session, even in Carlos's absence".
The Ducati Marlboro Team's next appointment will be on April
10, again at Jerez, for the opening round of the 2005 MotoGP
World Championship.
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