Sepang Test (cont'd)

Of course, what will really count is the first race. Still, it looks like a
statement from Tamada. Biaggi's clocking second while *still* recovering
from a leg fracture (at what time does the fact he's still convalescent
begin to be seen as a problem for the early part of the season?) is also
impressive. And Xaus seems to have a very sensitive butt. That's about as
much as I can conclude from these tests...

....pablo

 

And that the top 10 are really close and there's a 2 second gap (at
Sepang) to all the rest. And that Bayliss is struggling. That Capirossi
is a maniac (but then we knew that). He takes two days off for flu,
comes back on the third day, does a few laps in 50c humid heat and rips
off a time in the middle of the lead bunch.

And that Suzuki and Kawasaki don't seem to have got there yet. They're
out there testing new engines in the official tests and are still 1-2
secs off the pace.

Interesting to see Ito running some pretty hot laps (for a tester). He
seems to be one of the very few test riders who can get within a second
of the top guys. Mostly the test riders seem to be surprisingly far back
from the people they're testing for. Which makes you wonder what they're
doing. Ducati Corse must be very pleased at grabbing him.

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Of course, what will really count is the first race. Still, it looks like

Tamada was testing qualifiers.
BTW -- Isn't he neat ??? !!!

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But he has appeared as a wild card in a few races every year since then.

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