From a press release issued by Alice Aprilia Racing Press Information:

TEST BRNO/1

FIRST PRACTICES DAY

The Alice Aprilia Racing Team was in Brno today for the first MotoGP test session. An interesting day full of news and with perfect weather conditions: 45 degrees of temperature clear sky and a lot of grip. Both riders, after the good performance at Donington Park, together with the technical staff managed by Gigi dall’Igna tested some technical parts (for example the new chassis that Colin used today whilst Haga is going to test tomorrow) concentrating their efforts on the RSCube setting in order to be competitive for the race which will take place in Brno next august. Aprilia test rider Marcellino Lucchi was there today as well riding a “special” bike with some new spare parts that will be used in the future. Good weather conditions as well on the Czech republic track but there was also a setback as the Michelin track has been forced to stop at the custom arriving at the circuit at 16.00 pm when the session was almost finished.

For Aprilia rider the lap times are 2:01.3 for Noriyuki Haga and 2:01 for the American rider Colin Edwards. Anyway the best lap time was not the main objective if this practices session but for the American rider has been very important as he missed Brno since 7 years. Haga slipped out of the track without any serious damage. Same story tomorrow together with Honda, Ducati, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Proton. But there’s a trouble: the weather forecast are unsettled and maybe storms in the afternoon.