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Cautious debut for Nakano

Shinya Nakano enjoyed his MotoGP debut today at the Losail International Circuit today. The Japanese Konica Minolta Honda rider completed 55 laps today at with a fastest time of 1.57.474.

Nakano and the team will now fine-tune the set-up of the Honda RC212V and try to find the perfect tyre for the race, as well as making the best use of the Michelin qualifying tyres in the afternoon session.

Shinya Nakano commented on his first day: "I think I was riding OK this morning but we had a different tyre on this afternoon. I made some changes to the front and rear suspension to get the bike to turn quicker and this made a big improvement, but the tyre I used in the afternoon wasn't as good as the one I had in the morning, so I'm looking forward to using these settings on a better tyre."

"These new rules are the same for everybody, but we decided to keep some tyres for Friday's practice and qualifying. I think we need around half a second or more from tomorrow, so I will be trying my best to find that time. Track conditions have been better for a first day than I've seen them before, but they're sure to improve when more rubber gets laid down. Tomorrow I'll be looking at refining my race set-up - which is vital - and then using two qualifying tyres to find my place on the grid."

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