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Stomach doesn't hinder competitive Dovizioso

Dovizioso shrugged off the effects of an upset stomach to record a competitive lap of 1m 32.502s - good enough for eighth place - and give himself a good chance of improving over the weekend. The 23-year-old Italian worked with his crew on finding the delicate balance of machine set-up required for Phillip Island, and with more adjustment tomorrow the winner of the 2004 125cc Grand Prix is confident of moving further up the timesheets.

"It was good to get out on track today because Phillip Island is a fantastic circuit and riding here is always a great challenge," Dovizioso said. "The track demands a completely different machine set-up and balance for the Bridgestone tyres and we haven't achieved that quite yet so I'm hoping for some improvements tomorrow - we have a few areas to work on.

"We started today with our machine set a bit too hard and, although we made things softer through the practice, I think we'll make things softer still for tomorrow. I wasn't feeling 100 per cent today, but actually that didn't affect the way I was able to ride the bike, and hopefully I should be in better shape for the remainder of the weekend. We were lucky with the weather today and it would be nice if it stayed clear. Still, we'll be ready for anything."

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