Rizla Suzuki MotoGP's Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen will get to evaluate two months' of development work when they arrive at the official tests at Malaysia's Sepang circuit.

All of the MotoGP teams will travel to the Malaysian test, which gets underway on Thursday, and it will be the first time everyone will be able to evaluate the new Bridgestone spec-tyres.

“I am really eager to get back on the track again; it feels like it’s been so long since I was on a bike that I might have forgotten how to ride it," said Vermeulen.

"It’s been a couple of months since the last test, but that has been two months when Suzuki has been working really hard to make the 2009 GSV-R as good as it can be at this moment in time. It will be great to ride this year’s bike and see the improvements and alterations the Factory has made to last year’s bike.

"All the other teams will be there so we will be able to see where we are at the moment in comparison to them and how we have moved on since the last time we were at Sepang.”

Capirossi added: "“I am ready for this test and I’m really looking forward to getting on the bike again. I’ve worked very hard through the winter with my trainer and feel as fit as I have ever been.

"I am now 100% and planning to put that to good use as soon as I get on the bike. I’m very excited to see what the guys back in Japan have done to the GSV-R and for Chris and myself to get the chance to ride the latest version of the bike at Sepang.

"I am sure that all the recommendations we made during the last tests will have been analysed and any improvements the Factory could make they will have done in the winter.”