THE RAIN SPOILS THE SECOND DAY OF TESTING AT PHILLIP ISLAND.
 Phillip
Island (Australia), Wednesday, 1st of February 2006 - A heavy
rain spoiled the testing schedule of the Fortuna Honda Team
during the second day of testing on the Australian track.
Marco Melandri made only 19 laps. He went on track to check
the feeling of the bike on wet conditions. He found immediately
a good feeling and was satisfied of the sensations on the
new RC211V with rain tyres.
Positive day for Toni Elias that profited of the heavy rain
to test the Rc211V on wet conditions. He found himself comfortable
and his feeling with the bike improved lap by lap.
According to the weather forecast, tomorrow the weather should
improve in the afternoon. All MotoGP squads gathered at Phillip
Island hope in good weather to carry on their work programme.
MARCO MELANDRI (19 laps, 1'42"63 ):
"It rained the whole day so I went on track just to get
the feeling of the bike on wet conditions. The bike worked
very well and I gathered positive information. I hope that
tomorrow the weather improves so that we can carry on our
work schedule."
TONI ELIAS ( 45 laps, 1'42"96 ): "I
would have preferred to test on dry conditions because we
still have a lot of work to do. Anyway, the rain gave me the
opportunity to test my RC211V on wet. I'm happy because I
found myself comfortable with the bike and my feeling improved
lap by lap. It was a very useful testing day."
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