Rossi, Edwards pleased with wet Michelins

Rossi had been critical of Michelin's wet weather performances earlier this year, but having ended up second fastest in the only session of the day at Misano today, the Italian was more upbeat about where Michelin stands compared to rival Bridgestone.

"My performance this morning was quite good, we tried a new rain tyre on the rear and it worked well," said Rossi.

"(Marco) Melandri was quite far ahead but anyway I'm quite happy. Of course it's another story tomorrow in the dry, but I think we have some more improvements for the dry setting as well so I am looking forward to it."

Edwards added: "We did almost the whole session on one set of tyres and they felt really good, much better than they have previously in the wet this season. We had a lot of grip which was very encouraging.

"Obviously we could have done with the extra time this afternoon and the weather has been unbelievable but everyone's in the same boat so we're going to have to make the most of it."

Rossi was also impressed with the work that had been completed at Misano to get it ready for this weekend's MotoGP race.

"Unfortunately we had very bad weather today but this morning my first impressions of the track were good, better than when I came here to do some laps with the safety commission on a street bike," he explained.

"I think they've done a very good job with the bumps; we asked them to resurface another time and now it's not so bad. Of course in the wet we're not riding at the maximum, but it seems okay and I was quite happy."