WET TESTING FOR MELANDRI AND ELIAS AT JEREZ
Wet birthday for Toni Elias at Jerez that todays celebrates
his 24th anniversary.
The rain, started to fall from early morning, spoiled today's
test session. The Gresini Honda riders worked on the set up
of the bike on wet conditions, collecting positive sensations.
Tomorrow Marco Melandri and Toni Elias will continue testing
at Jerez.
TONI ELIAS (1'52"198, 56 laps): "We
would have preferred to test on dry conditions. Anyway it
was a positive day because we could test on wet, working on
the set up, compared to last time I tested here on wet, today
the feeling was a lot better even if there is still room for
improvements. Tomorrow we need dry conditions for an important
tyre testing".
MARCO MELANDRI (1'52"842, 45 laps):
"It was the first time that we tested with Bridgestone
tyres on wet conditions. We worked on the set up and the feeling
was good. Today we were supposed to work on the front of the
bike and test qualifying tyres but we couldn't because of
the rain. I hope that the weather improves for tomorrow".
LAP TIMES: 1.-Olivier Jacque (Kawasaki)
1.51.422 2.-Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki) 1.51.502 3.-Chris Vermeulen
(Suzuki) 1.51.536 4.-Kenny Roberts (Kr212v) 1.51.567 5.-Casey
Stoner (Ducati) 1.51.736 6.-Carlos Checa (Honda) 1.51.827
7.-Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1.51.899 8.-Alex Barros (Ducati)
1.52.129 9.-Toni Elias (Honda) 1.52.198 10.-Shinya Nakano
(Honda) 1.52.212 11.-N. Hayden (Honda) 1.52.632 12.-M. Melandri
(Honda) 1.52.842 13.-A. Hoffmann 1.52.904 14.-C. Edwards (Yamaha)
1.53.104 15.-Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1.53.240 16.-S. Guintoli
(Yamaha) 1.55.992 17.-Alex Debon (Aprilia 250cc) 1.56.836
18.-M. Tamada (Yamaha) 1.57.917 19.-K.Akiyoshi (Suzuki) 1.58.635
20.-V. Guareschi (Ducati) 2.00.291
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