"I struggled a bit too much with the bike today and I never found a good set-up, but we have a good setting in the team already because Chris went much better than me and we will look at his data and see if it can help us tomorrow," said the Italian. "We still need to get some more control out of the bike and we will try a couple of different things on Saturday. I am quite happy with the performance of the tyres, so we just need to sort out a couple of other things and I'm sure we'll be up with the front guys. We have to keep working hard and I need to improve a lot in sections three and four as I'm really slow through there, but I know what is needed and I will be going for it tomorrow!"
"Loris is missing a bit of time through the middle section of the track - compared to Chris - and here a few tenths makes a huge difference to your position. The guys will be studying the difference between the two riders in those sections and Loris's crew will be hoping to find some improvements to help him take the next step," added Denning.
Friday practice was held in dry conditions but rain is forecast for at least part of the weekend.
