Losail (Qatar), Sunday April 9, 2006, Test
NON-STOP WORK FOR THE DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM
Motivated by the extremely positive result in the Qatar GP,
a circuit considered to be the most difficult in the MotoGP
World Championship (3rd place for Loris Capirossi and 4th
place for Sete Gibernau), the Ducati Marlboro Team men today
continued their unrelenting development work on the Ducati
Desmosedici GP6 and Bridgestone tyres.
With less wind than yesterday's race day, a very determined
Loris Capirossi, the current Championship leader, started
to test the engine, chassis set-up and tyres to prepare his
Desmosedici for the Turkish GP.
Sete Gibernau (Laps: 64 - Best lap time: 1'56.616)
"It was a highly positive day. We worked to solve the
front end chattering problem that I suffered with yesterday
and to improve stability on the straights. The bike has improved
and we have learnt one or two things which will be useful
on those circuits where we have to race without having tested,
like Turkey. We also continued our brilliant work with Bridgestone
and today, my pace was better than yesterday. My feeling with
my bike improves each time and I'm very happy."
Loris Capirossi (Laps: 40 - Best lap time: 1'56.770)
"Another good day. We did several tests on the engine
mapping and chassis, introducing small improvements which
will be useful in the coming races. With the Bridgestone engineers,
we also carried out some tyre tests and collected useful data
to improve on similar tracks that lack grip. Yesterday my
tyres were working well but we never stop trying to improve!
This is a really positive time and we'll do whatever it takes
to continue being strong and competitive!"
The Ducati Marlboro Team men are flying home feeling extremely
positive about the opening two races of the season, looking
forward to the next 15 races and determined to work hard to
maintain the high level of competitiveness and equally high
position in the World Championship standings.
Temperatures: air: 32 ° - track: 35°/47 °
Today's unofficial lap times:
1) Marco Melandri (Honda)1'55.95
2) Valentino Rossi (yamaha) 1'56.22
3) Colin Edwards (Yamaha)1'56.35
4) Nicky Hayden (Honda) 1'56.36
5) Sete Gibernau (Ducati) 1'56.61
6) Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 1'56.77
7) Toni Elias (Honda) 1'56.86
8) James Elison (Yamaha)1'58.18
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