"Yesterday we were fastest, which was exciting, but today we've been trying some different things and we were quite a lot slower," admitted Rossi at the end of the test. "Anyway I'm not worried about that, the most important thing at the moment is to get as much information as possible and really start to understand and get to know the bike. This has been a useful test, I'm already feeling very motivated about the new bike and I am sure that next time I ride it in
Jerez it will be even better!"
"It was nice to start the 2007 season straight away and not to dwell on the past and this has been a very important test for us with our new 800cc bike," added team director Davide Brivio. "Yesterday Valentino was quite fast which was encouraging. Today we worked on some different things and so he was a bit slower, but at this stage all this information is extremely useful in order to help develop the bike for the next test.
"Next Colin will have his chance to try the bike and give his opinion and this will also be very important for our engineers. It's been interesting for us to have a look at our competitors here this week; everyone is already fast so it's clearly going to be another hard and competitive season and we know we're all going to have to work very hard through the winter!"
As Brivio indicated, Rossi's team-mate
Colin Edwards was not at the test and will get his first taste of the 800cc bike at Sepang in two weeks time, before both riders head to Jerez for the final test of the year.
