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Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards rounded
off two days of intensive work at Brno yesterday (Tuesday)
afternoon, following Sunday's MotoGP Czech Grand Prix. After
heavy rain at the track on Monday evening the asphalt was
still damp in the morning, which delayed the start of
action, but conditions improved throughout the day and both
Rossi and Edwards managed to complete their planned testing
programmes.
Once again both riders concentrated
mainly on tyre testing, trying a variety of new material
with Michelin. Rossi also put in laps with the
new-specification engine, which he tried for the first time
yesterday. The team now have a week's break before they head
to Misano for the San Marino Grand Prix.
Colin Edwards
(Position: 7th;
Time: 1'58.86;
Laps: 50)
"It was all about tyres again
today and we actually found a front that I'm pretty happy
with. It's something of a different theory to what we've
been using before but it seems to work so I think we've
gained something in that area. We also found something for
the rear which we think could be good if we have a little
more time to work on it and evolve it. Based on that I think
we've definitely made some progress today. It's not going to
change overnight but we've just got to go step-by-step, put
in the laps and see how we go.
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Both riders concentrated mainly on tyre testing,
trying a variety of new material with Michelin.
Rossi also put in laps with the new-specification
engine, which he tried for the first time yesterday. |
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Valentino Rossi (above) and Colin Edwards rounded
off two days of intensive work at Brno on Tuesday,
following Sunday's Czech Grand Prix with both riders
concentrating mainly on tyre testing. |
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"I tried a couple more starting maps as well which I'm
really happy with. I'm heading home now for a few days rest
before Misano and we'll see how we get on there!"
Valentino Rossi (Position:
11th; Time:
1'59.35;
Laps: 69)
"We continued today to test
many tyres with Michelin, different components and different
compounds. We haven't found a miracle tyre yet but we gave a
lot of information to Michelin which will hopefully help
them in their work for the next races. We used the new
engine again for some of the day and found it a little bit
better, although we need more time to work on it. Anyway
we've given some important information to our engineers so
they can continue with the development for the future. We've
done a lot of work these two days and I know that Yamaha and
Michelin will now do as much as possible with what we've
found out here, and we will be ready to try again next week
in Misano."
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