Capirossi impressed by Qatar lighting

"It is really interesting riding in the night and my feeling is that it is good out there, it's not like daylight but I am very impressed," said Capirossi at the end of the test.

Teammate Chris Vermeulen, however, admitted he was expecting more light and claimed it took some time to get used to the shadows.

"It was quite strange out there to begin with as it wasn't as bright as I thought it would be, there were still quite a lot of shadows so it took a bit of getting used to," he said.

"The circuit has done a great job though as it is difficult to supply the level of light we need to race a MotoGP bike, but they have made that possible."

Vermeulen and Capirossi were unable to shine in the test, finishing in 14th and 15th positions respectively after they continued to work on the problems with their bike.

Vermeulen said the team had made significant progress.

"From the bike's point of view we had a big problem when we arrived here, but today we seemed to have partially solved that and that was certainly our priority at this test," he said.

"Things are definitely heading in the right direction and I hope that we have sorted this problem so that we can really work on some proper testing and getting some pace out of the bike."

Capirossi added: "We are working a lot on the bike and we have tried something different to find the best setting. We know the way to minimise the problems we have at the moment, we are still struggling a bit with traction which was the same as we had at Jerez.

"I think we are working really hard and the team is very close - we only need a bit of time to make sure we are 100% and fully competitive for the first race."