THE FORTUNA HONDA RIDERS CONTINUE WORKING AT SEPANG
Sepang (Malaysia), Wednesday, 15th of February 2006 - Rain
continues to spoil the third round of pre-season test session.
The second day of testing was characterized in fact by very
high temperatures in the morning (with the asphalt temperature
reaching 53°C ) and heavy rain in the afternoon. A heavy
shower that started to fall around 03.00 p.m. local time interrupted
the work of the Fortuna Honda riders.
A bad crash at the fast right hand corner before the straight
complicated the day to Marco Melandri, that fortunately had
no physical consequences. Positive day, on the contrary for
the Spaniard Toni Elias who improved his rhythm and started
working with Michelin technicians for some tyre testing.
TONI ELIAS (41 laps, 2'02"62): "I'm
satisfied of today's session and it was really a pity that
at 03.00 p.m. started to rain and the afternoon test session
was completed spoiled. This morning we worked at the balance
of the bike as I have some problem at weight distribution.
we tested some different solutions and the feeling with the
bike improved a lot. Then we started working with Michelin
technicians, we tested some tyres and the bike was working
well. Thanks to the work done on the weight distribution and
tyre testing I could improve my rhythm and I was quite satisfied.
It was scheduled to test some new Michelin tyres in the afternoon
but I couldn't because of the heavy rain. Tomorrow we will
continue tyre testing, For me it's very important to work
alongside the Michelin technicians, I'm confident that I can
improve my pace."
MARCO MELANDRI (37 laps, 2'02"65):
"It was a bad day for me. This morning I crashed at the
fast right hand corner before the straight. I'm ok, I really
don't know why the crash happened. It was strange because
I was on the throttle when I went down. We checked the data
and according to the telemetry everything is fine. Anyway,
it was a really hot day. The bike was working better than
yesterday in these extreme hot conditions. Unfortunately,
the heavy rain spoiled the afternoon session. Tomorrow we
will focus on tyre testing. Michelin has several tyres they
want us to test and it will be very important for us to understand
how the bike feel with these new tyres."
Temperature: air: 30°/34° - asphalt: 36°/53°
UNOFFICIAL LAPTIMES
S. Nakano (Kawasaki) 2 01 80
L. Capirossi (Ducati) 2 01 87
V. Rossi (Yamaha) 2 01 89
J. Hopkins (Suzuki) 2 01 90
D. Pedrosa (Honda) 2 01 93
C. Checa (Yamaha) 2 02 06
C. Edwards (Yamaha) 2 02 16
R. De Puniet (Kawasaki) 2 02 37
M. Tamada (Honda) 2 02 56
T. Elias (Honda) 2 02 62
M. Melandri (Honda) 2 02 65
S. Gibernau (Ducati) 2 02 90
N. Hayden (Honda) 2 02 93
K. Roberts KR (Honda) 2 02 95
C. Vermeulen (Suzuki) 2 03 18
A. Hofmann (Ducati) 2 04 23
J.L. Cardoso (Ducati) 2 04 65
J. Ellison (Yamaha) 2 05 08
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