GOOD START FOR MARCO AND TONI AT SEPANG
After the customary testing ban of just over one and a half
months, the Motogp bikes return to the track for the resumption
of the 800cc development in preparation of the 2007 Championship
that will start in Qatar on March the 10th.
All Motogp teams, except for the Illmor team, gathered in
Sepang, Malaysia for the first test session of the 2007 season.
Thanks to the good weather conditions (sunny sky and hot
temperatures) the riders of the Honda Gresini Team good use
all the training day to adapt to the new bike and to Bridgestone
tyres.
MARCO MELANDRI (66 laps, 2.04.02): "Today
we worked on suspensions and chassis in order to prepare a
base set up so that tomorrow we can focus on tyre testing
together with Bridgestone technicians. I think that it's important
to focus on tyres here while I will work more on the set up
of the bike starting from next test session in Phillip Island,
Australia. After the two surgeries I underwent in November
and December and the physiotherapy to the muscles of my leg,
I feel better now, I'm almost 70% fit. On this track I was
suffering a lot, while today it was much better".
TONI ELIAS (70 laps, 2.04.7): "I'm
quite satisfied of this first day of testing. After two months
of break, it was important to go back to the track. Today
I completed 70 laps, which is a lot. We only made some small
modification in order to find a base set up. Tomorrow we will
continue working on the suspension and chassis and start testing
tyres for Bridgestone. I'm confident" .
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