Development work on the Ducati GP12 is going full speed ahead as Nicky Hayden after his 4th place at Silverstone headed straight to Italy on Tuesday to get another day of testing, his second on the new machine, putting in 83 laps on the newly asphalted Mugello circuit.
“It was a positive day even if the track conditions this morning weren’t great because of the rain last night.
That caused us to get started a bit late, but we worked on the setup and some new changes that have been made to the GP12.
I only started having better feeling after the lunch break, when the sun made the track conditions better.
The new asphalt is definitely a big improvement, especially in some spots, like the two Arrabbiate corners, which are really fun now.
I’m satisfied with the steps forward that have been made with the bike since the first time I tried it, at Jerez.
Thanks to Filippo (Preziosi) for giving me the opportunity to ride it again.
” Valentino Rossi will be getting is third test on the GP12 today, after the previous one at Jerez in April and the one at the Mugello last month, while the Ducati test team has also continued working on the GP11.