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Friday, 29th February 2008

"We know that this track doesn't have the best grip, but other riders are going faster, so we must do better" - Valentino Rossi.

"The lights are not a problem, but the temperature is!" confirmed team manager Davide Brivio. "Maybe it would be better to ride in Qatar when the temperature by night is a little bit higher. The track temperature is equal to the air temperature - low! At the time of the race it was only 15°, so it is a limiting situation concerning tyre performance.

"As far as the bike is concerned, we still have some work to do to increase our performance here and we especially need to improve the setting in order to make the tyres work better in the low temperatures. Tomorrow we will be testing new settings and materials from Bridgestone and we will try to be faster than we were today," stated the Italian.

The season-opening Qatar Grand Prix night race will take place on March 9.

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