DUCATI & BRIDGESTONE CONTINUE MOTOGP DEVELOPMENT AT
MUGELLO
The Ducati Marlboro Team got straight back to work at Mugello
today following Loris Capirossi's superb second-place finish
in yesterday's thrilling Italian Grand Prix. After celebrating
the stirring rides of Capirossi and team-mate Sete Gibernau
last night, the team, its engineers and riders continued development
work with the Desmosedici GP6.
Capirossi and Gibernau started testing at noon, after the
track had been thoroughly cleaned following yesterday afternoon's
massive post-race crowd invasion. They were forced to stop
work earlier than expected, when rain began falling at 4pm.
The pair focused primarily on testing Bridgestone tyres,
splitting the workload between them, Capirossi focusing on
evaluating different compounds while Gibernau concentrated
on trying different constructions. The Italian and Spaniard
also continued detail work on set-up, the development and
evolution of the GP6 a non-stop process.
Capirossi rode 44 laps, with a best of 1m 50.77s, while Gibernau
completed 54 laps, with a best of 1m 50.70s.
The Ducati Marlboro Team returns to action next week at the
Catalan GP outside Barcelona, where the seventh race of the
17-event MotoGP World Championship will take place on June
18.
Temperatures: Ambient: 25 degrees. Track: 35 degrees
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