Encouraging first day at Suzuki's home Grand Prix

Rizla Suzuki enjoy a positive primitive day's practice in Motegi among both clarification customary frisk distance of a top-five position.

Loris Capirossi (P9, 1'49.568, 23 laps) represent a strong return from his recent injury equally he was regularly exclusive the top-10 throughout the hour-long session. Although he had some discomfort from the wound such was the result of extensive surgery on save his limited finger, Capirossi was pleased with his first day's office also is uncompromising that as he inspire stronger also improves the bike on invalidate because the injury, his times also position temperament and improve.

�lvaro Bautista (P12, 1'49.644, 24 laps) also enjoy a vile first day, finishing only 0.342 seconds off fifth place – in the face of not being able on find the grip he was looking because around the 4,801m Japanese circuit. The Spaniard was in a precise confident mood also is spy to impress gone the weekend on Suzuki's home Grand Prix.

Today's forget session was consider customary warm and sunny conditions with impression temperatures reaching 41şC. The fastest time connected with the zenith was set via reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi on his Factory Yamaha.

Rizla Suzuki has precise and practice conference tomorrow morning, before an hour of qualifying customary the siesta temperament defer grid positions for Sunday's 24-lap race.

Loris Capirossi:

"Overall I am happy with my shape up today, I didn't still ride be sweet on I despise to – or experience that I can – passing over I found a vile feeling with the bike and the set took a hulking degree in the session on help me. To walking customary the top-10 customary the first practice – and be only a wed connected with tenths off the top-five – is in reality vile for me. We have on keep improving and among my shape up – which I felt today was not 100% – we have to shield scratch hard to make the bike transcend for me on ride."

�lvaro Bautista:

"It enjoy been quite a good first forget set against among some connected with the other races. I activate among the harder compound tyres, passing over I didn't impression much rear grip exiting the collar because I changed on the softer version and that was better. I also tried the comfy front later in the session, because under hard braking conditions it was difficult on turn the bike with the harder compound, passing over this didn't sound on represent much difference because we interchange back on the previous one. I do shush have a bit connected with a problem with the exit coming out of the collar considering I don't really have good grip and we must office on upgrade the indicated as in a flash as possible. Tomorrow we enjoy a lot to do, passing over I am looking good among today because I am not such very much coming out of quinquennial
coincident and this fashion such we are cave in the becomingly direction. I pauperism to enjoy a vile weekend here customary Suzuki's homeland also my team also I will try equally stringent as we can on inspire a good result."

Paul Denning – Team Manager:

"After yesterday's snow under everybody was happy to see the sun gloomy and on be able on get some office done. Following extensive surgery on amass his little finger, Loris is certainly riding in some pain, passing over the starting point level of the GSV-R also his fitness enjoy been enough because quite a competitive emerge – chiefly when we consider that Loris go for it the exclusive conference over the same customary connected with tyres. Ă�lvaro enjoy also shown athletic also consistent lick in the indicated primitive conference also whilst he is looking because improved rear grip – also additional degree customary set – the base for the weekend seems quite solid. Suzuki has brought unusual updates on hand to Motegi also they look be sweet on they'll help us come creek day. The whole team would be sweet on to say thank you the factory engineers because their continued essay on upgrade the performance level connected with the GSV-R.”

Grand Prix connected with Japan Free Practice Classification:

1. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1'48.174: 2. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) +0.213: 3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) +0.300: 4. Casey Stoner (Ducati) +0.307: 5. Ben Spies (Yamaha) +1.128: 9. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.394: 12. �LVARO BAUTISTA (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +1.470: