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The Pirelli 3-day tests at Qatar finished with Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Max Biaggi posting the second fastest overall time, behind 2006 Superbike World Champion Troy Bayliss.
Biaggi
”I think that this track is really difficult for us and the conditions on day one didn't help us much. The track felt a bit slippery - probably because of the sand - and I didn't want to push too hard, too soon and crash. When the conditions improved I was able to start to understand the feeling of the bike. It definitely didn't feel as good initially as it did during our last tests in Valencia and we soon realised that we had a lot of work to do - probably more then the others here. For all of us, the bike is still new and we have to work on the stability of it as well as the characteristics of the engine. At the moment the engine doesn't feel so smooth and that makes it difficult entering and exiting the corners. That, together with the behaviour of the chassis, means that I cannot get the bike to drive as smoothly as I would like.
Like everybody else, I set my best lap time on a soft tyre- one that would not be able to last a complete race - but it was good to finish with the second best lap here. I am happy with how the team is working and am confident that they will be working just as hard on the build-up to the next tests. Suddenly the first race seems not so far away so I hope our next tests will solve some of our current problems.”
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Biaggi
”I think that this track is really difficult for us and the conditions on day one didn't help us much. The track felt a bit slippery - probably because of the sand - and I didn't want to push too hard, too soon and crash. When the conditions improved I was able to start to understand the feeling of the bike. It definitely didn't feel as good initially as it did during our last tests in Valencia and we soon realised that we had a lot of work to do - probably more then the others here. For all of us, the bike is still new and we have to work on the stability of it as well as the characteristics of the engine. At the moment the engine doesn't feel so smooth and that makes it difficult entering and exiting the corners. That, together with the behaviour of the chassis, means that I cannot get the bike to drive as smoothly as I would like.
Like everybody else, I set my best lap time on a soft tyre- one that would not be able to last a complete race - but it was good to finish with the second best lap here. I am happy with how the team is working and am confident that they will be working just as hard on the build-up to the next tests. Suddenly the first race seems not so far away so I hope our next tests will solve some of our current problems.”
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