MotoReview

The Malaysian circuit, where the Ducati has previously had good results, is clearly well-suited for the Ducati/Bridgestone pairing, and as a result is an important starting-point for the new season.

With the exception of a fortunately harmless fall from Loris Capirossi around half an hour into the first session of the day, both riders completed the day to schedule, working on settings for the new Desomosedici GP6.

Loris Capirossi (38 laps - 2m02.54s)

"Things are still not 100% right but I`m pretty pleased with the first day of testing after the winter break. Today we worked a lot on the bike set-up and on the new GP6 engine and I`m happy with the progress we made. We still have to improve the bike`s stability in the quick sections and we are working mainly to get that right, but for a first time out things are going well".

Sete Gibernau (56 laps - 2m02.86s)

"I thought there would be a lot of work to do and that proved to be the case, and that`s a big motivation for me. Today for the first time we searched for adjustments that allowed me to get a better feeling with my Ducati and the team is working well to understand exactly what I need to make me have the best possible feeling with the new bike. We`ll need a bit more time but things have got off to a good start and I`m feeling really confident".