The Alice Team has concluded the first 2008 MotoGP test on the Sepang circuit in. Both riders have done well, improving their lap times day by day. The hot and humid weather has characterized all three days spent in the country located in South East Asian, in fact, also today the air temperature has reached 35 degrees at the highest moment. The Alice Team will now move to Phillip Island where it will have the opportunity to use three more day of testing on the spectacular Australian circuit.
Fabiano Sterlacchini – Technical Director“This morning we made it to be pretty consistent and we were really happy about it. Our riders, as we can also see on the timesheet, are beginning to become more confident with the bike, but they still need some time to use in the best way the Desmosedici GP8 Sat potential. We have worked on the total package and we also tried some new rear tyres. In addition, today we have used for the first time the new front fork and from the first few laps we made it to improve our lap times by some tenth of a second. We are really happy about this, but we know we still have a lot of work to do.”
Toni Elias – Alice Team Rider (16th best lap time in 2’02.995 – Total laps 67)
“Also today we made it to improve. We are happy; we have to take a step at the time. We know we have much work to do, but we are confident. The bike is so powerful, I really like it and we only need to find the right set-up for my riding style. Other Teams had more opportunities to test before, while for us is basically the first time. But now we will go to for three more days of work and it is really important for us. The Phillip Island circuit is one of the most beautiful and difficult circuits, it will be interesting to see how it will go.”
Sylvain Guintoli – Alice Team Rider (18th best lap time in 2’03.628 – Total laps 39)“Three days with this heat aren’t so easy to manage, but we gave all we could and the all Alice Team staff has worked really well. We are happy also because today we have done a race simulation and the bike has answered well. I have ridden for 21 consecutive laps and I improve my last year’s performance. I also feel good, with this heat it’s never easy to work.”
