Capirossi: more to come from Suzuki

The Italian, who hopes to put his troubles of 2007 behind him this year, was seventh fastest today after working on brake comparisons and tyre development.

"The more I work with the bike and my crew, the more I understand the GSV-R and what will be best for me in the future," he explained.

"I did a lot more laps today and every time we change parts or settings I feel my knowledge of the bike increases and I'm feeling more and more at home.

"I am confident that with combination of the best parts and settings that I have tested I can go quite a bit quicker than I have done so far, and most importantly the more I understand the GSV-R the more we can make it a better race bike."

Teammate Chris Vermeulen was unable to match Capirossi's pace today, but thinks the team know what direction they need to head in.

"We had a couple of problems with my first bike this morning that needed sorting out, but that is the kind of thing to be expected when you are testing a new bike with so many new parts," said the Australian.

"After we had ironed them out we got through a lot of detailed set-up testing which took up a large portion of the day. Obviously testing development tyres and brakes is a major thing to do and takes a lot of time, but it was something we needed to do and made good progress.

"We have gathered a lot of information over the last two days and we certainly know the priorities for the next improvements."