Full day of detailed testing completed in Malaysia
 Rizla
Suzuki MotoGP has finished the second day of the three-day
Malaysian test by completing a thorough and comprehensive
test of Bridgestone’s latest development tyres and revised
brake components.
Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen recorded 59 and 44 laps
respectively of the 5.5km Sepang circuit, including some control
runs to assess the durability and performance of the new compounds
and constructions developed by Bridgestone during the off-season.
The two Suzuki racers also conducted some brake comparison
tests in conjunction with Brembo technicians present at the
track, and with the emphasis on this and tyre testing today’s
single lap-times were not the priority, although Capirossi
did improve on his day-one time by almost half-a-second as
he recorded the seventh quickest time of the day, with a 2’01.917
lap.
Capirossi and Vermeulen have one more day in Sepang to undertake
yet more tests on all aspects on the 2008 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R,
including more tyre testing, chassis comparison tests and
a race simulation run.
Loris Capirossi:
“The more I work with the bike and my crew the more
I understand the GSV-R and what will be best for me in the
future. I did a lot more laps today and every time we change
parts or settings I feel my knowledge of the bike increases
and I’m feeling more and more at home. I am confident
that with combination of the best parts and settings that
I have tested I can go quite a bit quicker than I have done
so far, and most importantly the more I understand the GSV-R
the more we can make it a better race bike.”
Chris Vermeulen:
“We had a couple of problems with my first bike this
morning that needed sorting out, but that is the kind of thing
to be expected when you are testing a new bike with so many
new parts. After we had ironed them out we got through a lot
of detailed set-up testing which took up a large portion of
the day. Obviously testing development tyres and brakes is
a major thing to do and takes a lot of time, but it was something
we needed to do and made good progress. We have gathered a
lot of information over the last two days and we certainly
know the priorities for the next improvements.”
Sepang Test Day Two Classification:
1. Randy De Puniet (Honda) 2’01.139: 2. Colin Edwards
(Yamaha) +0.188: 3. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +0.298: 4. Jorge
Lorenzo (Yamaha) +0.444: 5. Casey Stoner (Ducati) +0.499:
7. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +0.778: 12. CHRIS
VERMEULEN (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.232:
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