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Rossi third fastest on second day in Sepang
23 January 2008 / Results / PhotosAnother scorching day in Sepang saw Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi putting in some fast laps on the new 2008 YZR-M1 today, on the second day of the opening test of the year. Proving he was harbouring no ill-effects from yesterday's fall, the Italian was a second faster than yesterday and over half a second under lap record pace, setting the third fastest time of the day on a race tyre.
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Rossi once again worked on the pneumatic-valve engine and on the new electronics, as well as concentrating on tyre testing with Bridgestone as he and his crew continue their learning curve with their new tyre manufacturer. Rossi completed 60 laps and his best lap of the day, a time of 2'01.437, was set just before five pm.
"Today we continued to work on bike set-up in the same way as yesterday and on the new engine, the electronics and the tyres," said Rossi. "We continued with the pneumatic-valve engine as it's important to get as much mileage as possible behind us with this engine to check the performance, the reliability and just to gain experience with it.
"With the electronics we worked a lot on the acceleration mapping and I'm quite happy with this. Although it doesn't make us any faster, it helps me to be more comfortable on the bike. Finally we tested some different rear tyres with Bridgestone and also some qualifying tyres, although we didn't improve on the time with the soft tyres so we need to work more in this area. We completed a lot of work today and hopefully we can have another good day tomorrow to finish."
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