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Capirossi enjoys first days with Suzuki

Loris Capirossi completed a two-day test at the Ricardo Tormo track near Valencia on Wednesday. The former Ducati rider conducted in-depth tests on a variety of set-ups and characteristics of the Suzuki 2007 machine, in an effort to fully understand the bike before he steps on the new GSV-R in Malaysia later this month.

Speaking about his second day of action with the Rizla Suzuki team Capirossi said: "This second day has been really interesting for me because I have begun to modify many things on the bike and start to really understand how it works. We didn't do any tyre tests, we just used the 2007 bike and I have been very happy with how the day has gone.

"I am enjoying my time and it is important to keep working like this and get a total feel of the bike. I didn't want to take a lot of risks today - I just needed to make sure I learnt all about the bike - but the next test in Malaysia will be really important because then I will be able to jump on the 2008 bike to see the comparison. The atmosphere in this team is really good and it is so easy to work here - for me this was the best choice I could have made!"

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