What Loris & co had to say on the GP7:

Filippo Preziosi (Ducati Corse Technical Director)
"Today was another important day for all of us. Of course it is far too early to give a definitive opinion on the GP7 because it was the first time Loris had stepped onto the bike and because we still have to face up to our rivals. I can only say that I am satisfied: the bike seems to have got off to a good start. We have structured the project in an attempt to iron out some of the weak points of the GP6 that emerged chiefly with the chassis: we think we have identified them and have managed to resolve them. In fact Loris's comments that the bike reacts well and has a good �rideability' are positive. For sure it's a good start but we've still got a lot of work to do: the bike that won the race yesterday is the one we've been working on for the last four years and this one has just been born. A big thanks to all the guys in Ducati Corse, the guys in the team and all our sponsors who believe in us and who give us important support all year round".

Loris Capirossi
"This morning I did some tyre testing which went quite well and which might allow us to have some interesting developments for the next few races. Then we started with the GP7. As a first test it was very positive even though the bike still has to be developed. We expect to have to do a lot of work but the first impression was positive. The bike's handling has improved a lot and that's important. This bike has to be ridden in a different way to the GP6, it's actually very enjoyable, a bit like a 250 machine and testing it now was interesting and useful so we can immediately start to work on it. The engine is different, obviously less powerful but it makes a great noise! It has been a fantastic day, I'm very happy and tomorrow we'll continue to work hard".

Sete Gibernau
"Yesterday I was over the moon for Loris's win! I feel part of the family and I am always happy when the guys do well. The GP7 is a very important project and I also wanted to be here for the test. Loris said that the bike is going well and I would love to be able to test it as well but for the moment it's better not to. I should be back on the track in Malaysia: mentally I'm at 100% and I hope that the tests I'll be doing next week will confirm that I will be physically as well. The plate broke at Laguna Seca and now I've got two inside me, held together with 15 screws. If it breaks again, it'll be much worse because I'll have to have a bone graft from my hip to repair it. In any case, I'm sure that this rest period is doing me good and hopefully things will be OK for September 10th: I've had too much vacation and now I can't wait to be back in action!"

Rossi's been playing with the new M1 too, but afaik Yamaha's lips are shut so far.

This just in from Yamaha, not much on the 800 though.

VALENTINO ROSSI (Monday – 1st, 1’57.315, 47 laps. Tuesday – 1st, 1’58.117, 49 laps)

“Yesterday I finished very happy with the results and today I am even more pleased with the progress we’ve made. We’ve tested some new tyres brought here by Michelin and we’ve also worked a lot on the stability of my bike. We’ve concentrated a lot on setting and I definitely feel that the bike can turn better now when the throttle is open. We had a lot of things to test during these two days so we didn’t have time to do a long run, but anyway my race pace was good throughout. Overall I am very happy with the work we’ve done on the M1, after this test we have a clear idea about the way we need to continue for the rest of the season and I think we’re in good shape. Yesterday I tried the new 800cc bike for just a few laps and my first impression is quite good. I did only four laps yesterday and I hoped to do some more this afternoon, we asked for ten minutes extra track time at the end of the day but unfortunately it started to rain after a few minutes so we had to stop.”

COLIN EDWARDS (Monday – 14th, 1’59.158, 53 laps. Tuesday – 4th, 1’59.140, 50 laps)

“It’s been a busy couple of days work; we’ve got through a lot and I think we’ve got a better idea as to why things didn’t go so well last weekend. We’ve played around a lot with the setting and found some good things for the next few races. Testing here last year we made the bike perfect and then it didn’t work so well in Japan, so we know that what works in Brno doesn’t necessarily work everywhere else, but we’ll go from here in Sepang and see what happens. It was unfortunate that the weather wasn’t great today because it stopped some of our plans, but we did get to do some wet-weather testing for Michelin which is always useful. They’ve got some good new stuff and it definitely seems that they’re making big steps forward with their wet-weather tyres.”

DAVIDE BRIVIO – CAMEL YAMAHA TEAM DIRECTOR

“Today, like yesterday, our priority was to find the best setting for our bike for the last five races. In these last two days we have tested various different settings, particularly yesterday, and today we have also focused on testing some new tyres for Michelin. I think we have made a very good job and we have got excellent information from our riders, which will be very important to help us to be competitive until the end of the championship. Generally speaking, I am very happy with both Valentino and Colin’s work during this test session”.

And vids that anyone can point me in the direction to????

I can get some pics if you like, but for vids my guess is it's just MotoGP.com who don't seem to offer a single thing to unregistered users any more. :(

you dont need to be registered to see grid girls ;)

but, seriously ... dont they offer videos of full races? if i had broadband thatd be worth the price of admission imo.

Guys - PM me if you want a log in to motogp.com

I can get some pics if you like, but for vids my guess is it's just MotoGP.com who don't seem to offer a single thing to unregistered users any more. :(

Yes that really really annoys me..... Dorna must be raking in the $$$ but aren't passing it on so it seems. I'm registered, but the video's are PPV access only :(