The former Ducati hero had been an impressive fourth fastest on Tuesday's opening day, just behind new team-mate Chris Vermeulen, then found a further tenth on day two as he continued to shadow Vermeulen - albeit with former Suzuki rider
John Hopkins now sandwiched in between for Kawasaki.
"This second day has been really interesting for me because I have begun to modify many things on the bike and start to really understand how it works," explained Loris, who was seventh fastest and just over one second behind former team-mate Casey Stoner. "We didn't do any tyre tests, we just used the 2007 bike and I have been very happy with how the day has gone. I am enjoying my time and it is important to keep working like this and get a total feel of the bike.
"I didn't want to take a lot of risks today - I just needed to make sure I learnt all about the bike - but the next test in Malaysia will be really important because then I will be able to jump on the 2008 bike to see the comparison," he revealed. "The atmosphere in this team is really good and it is so easy to work here - for me this was the best choice I could have made!"
"For Loris to run through such a wide range of settings and options, to help him fully understand the full character of the bike, was a very pleasing thing to see," added team director Paul Denning. "He now has an idea of which direction to take in order to get the most from the GSV-R. Loris has been consistently quick without taking any risks. It's been a great start to his career at Suzuki and a very satisfying couple of days work for everybody - and we all really like the guy!"
But while Capirossi stuck to the 2007 GSV-R, Vermeulen continued to refine the '08 model - and was delighted with his progress.
"It's been a great second day and we got a lot done," enthused the Australian. "We had plenty of time on the track today and tested a lot of stuff for Suzuki and Bridgestone. It was good because I was able to use the 2008 bike all day and I feel like we have made steps forward with it already. I was able to do consistent laps on that bike a lot easier than I did on the race weekend - using the same tyres - so that was great. I'm now looking forward to the Sepang test that is coming up and we will be very busy there that's for sure. Suzuki definitely means business next year and that's great to see!"
"Chris spent the whole day on the 2008 prototype machine and was able to go faster than he did on the 2007 bike, and more importantly provide Suzuki's engineers with some constructive and clear comments to help finalise the bike's specifications for next year's challenge on the world championship, which Chris is very focussed on," commented Denning.
