Monday Aug 18 2008
Test after Czech GP - day 1

The Ducati Marlboro Team completed the first of two days of post-race testing today at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic, with the warm sunshine returning to make for much higher temperatures than during the Grand Prix weekend.

Casey Stoner completed 55 laps on race tyres, carrying out a variety of positive set-up and tyre tests and maintaining a consistently quick pace - well inside the circuit record he set in Sunday's race.

Marco Melandri also worked on his set-up, completing 71 laps as he looked to continue improving the feeling with his machine as he has done over the past few races.


Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team): 1'56.261 (race tyres)

"It has been a really positive day. We didn't have too much to test - a couple of new tyres and that's about it - but we managed to find a new setting to improve on what was already a very good situation. I managed to drop my lap times by almost a second on yesterday and that's really positive. Unfortunately my physical condition on Friday and the rain on Saturday meant that we didn't head into the race in the best possible shape. In any case I'm happy because the things we've improved today will be useful for the upcoming races. Hopefully the weather's good to us again tomorrow so we can finish the job off with Bridgestone"

Marco Melandri (Ducati Marlboro Team) 1'58.325: (race tyres)

"Today we worked mainly on trying to understand why I struggled so much at the start of the race yesterday. My pace hasn't been particularly fast but I'm happy that it was consistent on both new and used tyres. We've taken a step forward and we'll work hard tomorrow to take another one. We'll probably modify the weight distribution a little to improve the overall feeling. We're working well and I can say that today has been a good day of tests."

Circuit Record: Casey Stoner (Ducati - 2008) 1'57.199
Pole position: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha - 2006), 1'56.191

Unofficial lap times 18th August

1. Casey STONER (Ducati) 1'56.261
2. Valentino ROSSI (Yamaha) 1'57.332
3. Toni ELIAS (Ducati) 1'57.457
4. Shinya NAKANO (Honda) 1'57.652
5. Chris VERMEULEN (Suzuki) 1'57.742
6. Colin EDWARDS (Yamaha) 1'57.756
7. Alex DE ANGELIS (Honda) 1'57.826
8. Sylvain GUINTOLI (Ducati) 1'57.859
9. Jorge LORENZO (Yamaha) 1'57.979
10. Loris CAPIROSSI (Suzuki) 1'58.177
11. Niccolo CANEPA (Ducati) ) 1'58.204
12. Marco MELANDRI (Ducati) 1'58.325
13. Randy DE PUNIET (Honda) 1'58.568
14. Dani PEDROSA (Honda) 1'59.067
15. Olivier JACQUE( Kawasaki) 1'59.130
16. Andrea DOVIZIOSO (Honda) 1'59.172
17. James TOSELAND (Yamaha) 1'59.228
18. John HOPKINS (Kawasaki) 2'00.414
19. Tady OKADA (Honda) 2'00.735