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Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi
finished today's opening two Malaysian GP practice sessions second and 13th
fastest. Changeable conditions dominated the day with rain falling in the
closing minutes of this morning's session and the track still damp as the
afternoon outing got underway.
Both riders sensibly waited a few minutes before venturing
out this afternoon, World Champion Stoner taking to the track 15 minutes into
the session and taking just three laps to go fastest. He ended the hour second
quickest, just 11 thousandths of a second off the best lap of the day, while
Capirossi struggled with bike set-up and ended the day 13th.
CASEY STONER, 2nd fastest, 2m
02.928s
"I waited a little bit before I went out this afternoon
because we wanted quality laps, not quantity - there's no point destroying a set
of tyres when the track's not right. It seems like there's been a lot of races
where we've had to contend with wet practices this year. Today was also quite
difficult because the new track surface isn't so good, it's much bumpier and
more slippery than in the past and there's a lot of dust and dirt on it, so we
can't seem to find a lot of grip, though maybe it'll get better with some more
laps. Anyway, we're pretty happy with the bike set-up, we've not changed so much
since this morning, and we've almost done race distance on the tyres because
this afternoon we used the same tyres, so things are looking good and we're
quite happy with the day."
LORIS
CAPIROSSI, 13th fastest, 2m 04.940s
"The new surface isn't very grippy in some areas and in
others it's very bumpy. But the big thing for me today was that my bike was
moving around a lot and we aren't sure why, we aren't sure whether it's coming
from the engine set-up or the chassis set-up. Anyway, today is the first day so
we've got some time to work out how to improve the bike, so long as we have some
good dry track time tomorrow. This afternoon we didn't go out at the start the
session because it was neither wet nor dry, so we wanted to save my tyres. We
are looking forward to improving tomorrow."
from Ducati Marlboro press
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