Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi has finished second fastest behind Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner after the first full day's test under the floodlights at Qatar.
After yesterday's washed out session, Rossi was concentrated on some new engine parts and electronics and The Doctor now reckons his settings are good enough to start putting in laptimes.
“Today was good because first of all we were able to test! I am quite happy because I was fast from the start and the bike is a lot better than this time last year," said Rossi.
"The setting is completely different after a year with Bridgestone and we seem to be in good shape. The lap times are quite slow compared to the race because it is cold and also the track conditions aren’t perfect, but hopefully in a month’s time it will be quite a bit warmer.
"We worked well today, testing some things for the engine and some electronics, and everything is helping us to improve our setting and to be faster. Now I hope that we have good weather between now and tomorrow night and no more wind so that the track is cleaner tomorrow and we can improve the times a bit more.”
