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Alice riders looking for more pace

The second day of testing at the Phillip Island circuit, in Australia, has been characterized by the rain which was present during all morning and has limited the Alice Team riders' work. Only in the late afternoon the track was completely dry allowing Toni and Sylvain to continue the development of their Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat. Tomorrow last day of work for the Alice Team before the Official IRTA Test in Jerez in mid February. 

"We are not satisfied yet, we are still too far from the fastest riders," said technical chief Fabiano Sterlacchini. "We made many changes to try to adapt the bike to Toni's riding style, but at the moment results aren't coming. Toni has a particular riding style, I am sure that soon we will find the right setting for him, he will make it to show his best, it's only matter of time. We have taken a step forward today, we have found a front tyre with which we find ourselves very good."

Toni Elias commented, "This morning rain hasn't helped us. We need to do as many laps as possible on the dry to find the right setting of the bike and consequently be competitive also in wet conditions. We made it to work on completely dry track for less than a couple of hours and we manage to obtain some good result. We have found a good solution for the front tyre and we will keep working on it tomorrow."

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