18/02/2008 IRTA MOTOGP TEST - Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

DOVI HAPPY WITH THIRD POSITION ON FINAL DAY AT JEREZ

Rain once again disturbed today’s final day of testing at the official IRTA tests at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. In the afternoon the sunshine finally dried out the 2.748-mile track and the JiR Team Scot squad was once more hard at work researching improved settings for their Honda RCV212V machine. Despite only a few hours of quality track-time available, the circuit was in good condition, but with some high winds affecting some riders in a number of corners. Today Andrea Dovizioso focussed his attention on qualifying tyres, setting the third fastest time overall.

Andrea Dovizioso #4 – Rider, JiR Team Scot MotoGP
HONDA RC212V
Best time: 3rd - 1’ 39”313
“Despite this morning with the bad weather we concentrated our attention this afternoon on qualifying tyres, which Michelin gave us in quantity and in different types. After finding the right settings we went out for a few runs, which confirmed to us the good performance of these tyres on my 800cc Honda and now I can grow in confidence with the MotoGP bike on qualifying tyres, which we didn’t use in the 250cc class. The team worked very well together and I think we’re now in position to do even better at the final test.”


Test Jerez MotoGP – Day three
1st Nicky Hayden Honda 1’38”848
2nd Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1’39”252
3rd Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1’39”313
4th Randy d Puniet Honda 1’39”351
5th Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1’39”568