MotoReview

Edwards completed 58 laps and finished the day in third place on the timesheets following the two Ducati's of Gibernau and Capirossi, with a time of 2’02.00. For Valentino much of the day was spent testing on used tyres resulting in a time 2’02.62, half a second slower than on day one.

Colin Edwards (2’02.00, 58 Laps)

“Today went really well and I’m excited about the progress we’re making already. Usually with a new bike you have to compromise in some areas to improve others, but it seems that with this bike they’ve improved it all over. Yamaha has done a really great job on it over the winter. The traction especially is much better. The crash yesterday has actually helped us to make progress and now we’ve found a setting that I really like. We’ve still got a tiny bit of chatter, but only in about three corners so we’re not so worried and I am confident we can find a way to fix it.” 

Valentino Rossi (2’02.62, 41 Laps)

“Today was not perfect because the rain interrupted everything this afternoon and we didn’t do as much work as we wanted to. Up to then we had concentrated mostly on fixing the chatter that we experienced yesterday and in the end we were successful. We realised that the problem was in the rear shock and now it’s okay. I ran a lot on old tyres today and then it started to rain so we weren’t able to try any of the new race tyres Michelin had brought. Tomorrow we will probably do a long run and hopefully we will also get the chance to try some of these new tyres.”

Davinde Brivio – Camel Yamaha Team Director

“Unfortunately it rained this afternoon so we couldn’t finish the day’s work. Despite this both riders made some progress and Colin’s times especially were quite fast. Tomorrow we hope that we have good weather and that we can complete everything that we need to do.”