MotoGP - Rain cuts short second day of testing in Sepang for Rossi and Edwards - January 24th 2006

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."

Unofficial lap times;

1. 1. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Ducati 2'01.50
2. 2. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati 2'01.80
3. 3. Colin Edwards (USA) Yamaha 2'02.00
4. 4. Nicky Hayden (USA) Honda 2'02.02
5. 5. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Honda 2'02.26
6. 6. Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki 2'02.40
7. 6. John Hopkins (USA) Suzuki 2'02.40
8. 8. Casey Stoner (AUS) Honda 2'02.57
9. 9. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha 2'02.62
10. 10. Marco Melandri (ITA) Honda 2'02.70
11. 11. Toni Elias (SPA) Honda 2'03.26
12. 12. Shinya Nakano (JPN) Kawasaki 2'03.43
13. 13. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Suzuki 2'03.80
14. 14. Kenny Roberts (USA) Honda 2'04.10
15. 15. James Ellison (GBR) Yamaha 2'04.15
16. 16. Alex Hofmann (GER) Ducati 2'04.49
17. 17. Jose Luis Cardoso (SPA) Ducati 2'06.06



18. Lap Record: Nicky Hayden (Honda) 2005 - 2'02.993
19. Best Lap: Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2005 - 2'01.731
20. Ambient temperature: 29.2 degrees
21. Track temperature: 43 degrees
22. Humidity: 64.4%