Motivated by the extremely positive result in the Qatar GP, a circuit
considered to be the most difficult in the MotoGP World Championship
(3rd place for Loris Capirossi and 4th place for Sete Gibernau), the
Ducati Marlboro Team men today continued their unrelenting development
work on the Ducati Desmosedici GP6 and Bridgestone tyres.
With less wind than yesterday's race day, a very determined Loris
Capirossi, the current Championship leader, started to test the engine,
chassis set-up and tyres to prepare his Desmosedici for the Turkish GP.
Sete Gibernau (Laps: 64 - Best lap time: 1'56.616);
"It was a highly positive day. We worked to solve the front end
chattering problem that I suffered with yesterday and to improve
stability on the straights. The bike has improved and we have learnt
one or two things which will be useful on those circuits where we have
to race without having tested, like Turkey. We also continued our
brilliant work with Bridgestone and today, my pace was better than
yesterday. My feeling with my bike improves each time and I'm very
happy."
Loris Capirossi (Laps: 40 - Best lap time: 1'56.770);
"Another good day. We did several tests on the engine mapping and
chassis, introducing small improvements which will be useful in the
coming races. With the Bridgestone engineers, we also carried out some
tyre tests and collected useful data to improve on similar tracks that
lack grip. Yesterday my tyres were working well but we never stop trying
to improve! This is a really positive time and we'll do whatever it
takes to continue being strong and competitive!"
The Ducati Marlboro Team men are flying home feeling extremely positive
about the opening two races of the season, looking forward to the next
15 races and determined to work hard to maintain the high level of
competitiveness and equally high position in the World Championship
standings.
