CAPIROSSI AND STONER MAKE PROGRESS ON DAY 2 OF TESTING IN
MALAYSIA
Testing in Malaysia is continuing at a rapid pace for the
riders of the Ducati MotoGP Team who today were able to take
advantage of more sunny weather and continue development work
on the new 800cc machine. Both Capirossi and Stoner improved
their times set Monday and while the Italian constantly improved
the settings on his Desmosedici to join the group of sub 2m03s
riders, his Australian team-mate was sidelined half-way through
the afternoon with forearm cramp after setting a couple of
early quick laps.
The first test session of the new year will conclude tomorrow
Wednesday.
Loris Capirossi (58 laps – 2m02.793s)
“We made a lot of progress today with engine management
and generally improved the feeling with the new bike, but
in particular we worked closely with Bridgestone on some new
rear tyres. At the moment I have the best feeling with the
‘smaller’ profile tyre that makes the bike handle
better and gives improvement under braking. It’s too
early however to say whether or not this is the direction
we have to take with the new 800cc because last year, on this
track, we also preferred this type of profile and not the
larger one that we used on all the other circuits. Tomorrow
we’ve still got some more tyres to test and I am sure
that we can improve”.
Casey Stoner (42 laps – 2m03.190s)
“We began the day really well: my first lap was 2m03.303s
and my second, which ended up being my best time of the day,
was 2m03.190s, a big improvement on yesterday. We’re
moving in the right direction and just need to do a lot of
laps. Unfortunately however late in the morning I began to
get cramp in my arms which prevented me from riding and me
and the team decided to stop so as not to worsen the situation
and to be on form for tomorrow. A big thanks to the Clinica
Mobile (Dr. Monica Lazzarotti and physiotherapist Francesco
Chionne), who luckily are present at the test and who are
helping me to resolve this problem which I have never had
before. Hopefully they’ll help me to continue tomorrow
so I can carry on testing and developing the bike and tyres”.
Sepang lap record : Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2006, 2’02.127
Sepang pole record : Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 2006, 2’00.605
Temperature: air 34° / track 53° C
DAY 2 – Unofficial times:
Hopkins 2m01.806s, Edwards 2m01.930s, Vermeulen 2m02'275s,
Barros 2m02.538s, Rossi 2m02.619s, Capirossi 2m02.793s, De
Puniet 2m02.806s, Hayden 2m02.948s, Pedrosa 2m03.098s, Stoner
2m03.190s, Melandri 2m03.253s, Nakano 2m03.633s, Checa 2m03.681s,
Ito 2m03.700s, Roberts 2m03.800s, Hoffman 2m03.895s, Elias
2m04.124s, Jacques 2m04.171s, Tamada 2m04.350s, Guintoli 2m04.892s.
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