Dovizioso

REPSOL HONDA TEAM RESUMES TESTING AT SEPANG

Twenty days after the previous MotoGP test at Sepang, Andrea Dovizioso made the most of the hot, sunny weather at the 5.548km circuit to complete a full day’s development work with the new-for-2010 Honda RC212V.
Dovizioso took full advantage of the good track conditions today to up his pace from the last test, setting the third fastest time today with a lap of 2m 01.631s. It was an improvement of more than 0.6s compared with his best from early February, and Dovizioso said he was pleased with the progress he and his team are making in the limited testing time available ahead of the first race of the season in April.
Andrea Dovizioso - miglior tempo 2'01.631 52 giri
“I’m very happy about this first day of testing. We have the third fastest time but the most important thing is that we were able to consistently improve our pace. On every session out of the pits we were able to go quickly and this is encouraging. Of course there is still a lot of work to do as we have to reduce the gap from the first riders but I’m confident, and I’m very happy of the development work done by Honda. Today we changed my position on the bike with very positive results and we also tested some new electronic settings. Tomorrow we want to do more laps to confirm our race pace.” 

Official lap times
V. Rossi  Fiat Yamaha 2:01.068
C. Stoner Marlboro Ducati 2:01.219
A. Dovizioso Repsol Honda 2:01.631
L. Capirossi Rizla Suzuki 2:01.687
B. Spies Yamaha Tech3 2:01.843
C. Edwards Yamaha Tech3 2:01.897
D. Pedrosa Repsol Honda 2:02.036
M. Kallio Pramac Ducati 2:02.038
A. Bautista Rizla Suzuki 2.02.078
M. Melandri San Carlo Honda 2:02.086
N. Hayden Marlboro Ducati 2:02.221
H. Aoyama Interwetten Honda  2:02.419
A. Espargaro Pramac Ducati 2:02.447
H. Barbera Aspar MotoGP team 2:02.485
R. De Puniet LRC Honda 2:02.535
M. Simoncelli San Carlo Honda  2:03.254