Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3. 1/26/2006
The first testing session for the 2006 MotoGP session concluded yesterday at the Sepang F1 circuit. Held over 3 days, with track temperatures reaching the mid-thirties, and air temperature in the forties, the Ducati Malrboro MotoGP team were out in front in terms of lap times.
Loris Capirossi was honest about the bike, saying that it wasn’t quite there yet, although he was very optimistic, and pleased with the progress thus far.
“Things are still not 100% right but I`m pretty pleased with the first day of testing after the winter break. Today we worked a lot on the bike set-up and on the new GP6 engine and I`m happy with the progress we made. We still have to improve the bike`s stability in the quick sections and we are working mainly to get that right, but for a first time out things are going well”
On the first day, the times were unofficially posted as follows.
Unofficial times:
1. Valentino Rossi, 2m02.09s
2. Nicky Hayden, 2m02.19s
3. Marco Melandri, 2m02.28s
4. Loris Capirossi, 2m02.54s
5. Colin Edwards, 2m02.60s
6. Daniel Pedrosa, 2m02.74s
7. Sete Gibernau, 2m02.86s
Sete Gibernau also was working hard with the team to get the bike to where he wanted it, and to start working closely with the Ducati Marlboro Team.
“I thought there would be a lot of work to do and that proved to be the case, and that`s a big motivation for me. Today for the first time we searched for adjustments that allowed me to get a better feeling with my Ducati and the team is working well to understand exactly what I need to make me have the best possible feeling with the new bike. We`ll need a bit more time but things have got off to a good start and I`m feeling really confident”.
Work continued on Day 2 of testing, with more attention paid to suspension adjustments and engine tuning.
Times posted on Day 2 were :
Unofficial times:
1. Sete Gibernau (Ducati) 2m01.66s
2. Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2m01.83s
3. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 2m02.00s
4. Nicky Hayden (Honda) 2m02.02s
5. Daniel Pedrosa (Honda) 2m02.26s
6. Randy De Puniet (Kawasaki) 2m02.56s
7. Casey Stoner (Honda) 2m02.57s
8. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 2m02.62s
9. Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki) 2m02.65s
10. Marco Melandri (Honda) 2m02.70s.
The times showed a marked improvement, with the team finding another second somewhere from inside their bag of tricks. This session also saw a comparion run between the GP06 and last year’s bike, which saw the GP06 at the performance level of the GP05, with more potential.
On Day 3, both riders expressed satisfaction with the Desmosedici GP06. Although there is still a lot of development work to do, it is now confirmed that the Ducati Marlboro team will be using the GP06, and retiring the GP05. Sete Gibernau had this to say, “My settling-in period with the team, the bike and the tyres is continuing and I am increasingly satisfied with the choice that I have made. Today I felt pretty good on the GP6 and I also wanted to do a few laps on the GP5, which I have never tried, to make a back-to-back test. This confirmed what Loris, who knows the bike well, had said yesterday: the GP5 is a good bike but the GP6 has more development potential and from now onwards we are only going to use that bike. For the first time I used Bridgestone`s qualifying tyres and they gave me a good feeling. We`ve still got a lot of work to do to be at 100% but we are on the right path”.
Times for Day 3, which show a small but steady improvement in lap times, in-line with the staements from both riders.
Unofficial times:
1. Sete Gibernau (Ducati) 2m01.03s;
2. Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2m01.08s;
3. Marco Meandri (Honda) 2m01.10s;
4. Daniel Pedrosa (Honda) 2m01.51s;
5. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 2m01.60s;
6. Nicky Hayden (Honda) 2m01.69s;
. Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki) 2m01.79s ;
8. Randy De Puniet (Kawasaki) 2m02.18s ; 9. Toni Elias (Honda) 2m02.23s;
10. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 2m02.38s.
Loris Capirossi also had an intensive session of tyre testing, which will be analysed and used for the race at Sepang, later this year. Loris expressed confidence in the Bridgestone tyres, and was satisfied with the performance of the GP06.
“We can also be satisfied with today`s performance. The weather was good all day and we were able to do all the scheduled tyre testing. Bridgestone are working well and we have gathered a lot of useful information for the next test session here at Sepang. I also tried the new qualifying tyres, which have a good potential. I like the GP6 more and more and I can`t wait to test it in Australia, where last year I only did a few laps on the Friday morning before crashing, which forced me to miss the Australian and Turkish GPs”.
The next test for the Ducati Marlboro Team will be from January 31st to February 2nd, at Phillip Island in Australia, the second scheduled 2006 winter session.
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