ROSSI AND EDWARDS COMPLETE POSITIVE DAY OF TESTING IN ESTORIL Valentino Rossi and his Gauloises Yamaha team-mate Colin Edwards rounded off the Portuguese stage of the MotoGP World Championship with a further day of testing at Estoril today, following their respective second and sixth-place finishes in yesterday’s Grand Prix. With the weather conditions slightly better than during the damp race, the team continued to work on the set-up and development of the 2005-spec YZR-M1, testing alongside the Fortuna Yamaha Team and riders from Suzuki, Ducati and Kawasaki. As the tricky conditions yesterday highlighted some of the small problems that still exist with the bike, today offered the riders the perfect chance to understand them and work to rectify them, ahead of round three of the Championship in Shanghai on May 1st. Valentino Rossi “This was a positive test and we’ve had some good results from our work today. We had some problems yesterday and we managed to work through them and understand what happened during the race. I think that we’ve made some steps forward and I feel happy about what we have done here. I hope that everything we have found out today will help us in China for the next race.” Colin Edwards “I think I’m moving forward and I am happy with the progress we’ve made today. Michelin have been working really hard and they brought some good stuff for us to try. We definitely made the bike better today. We worked on ways to make the bike more responsive and I definitely feel more in control. It’s left me feeling confident and looking forward to the next stage in China.” Davide Brivio Gauloises Yamaha Team Director “Today has helped us to understand some of the difficulties we had yesterday. Valentino has worked on chassis set-up and the balance of the bike and also on the electronics and mapping. Colin also did some work on mapping and looked at ways to improve the power delivery and rideability of the bike. It’s been a positive and worthwhile test for both the riders. Now we are looking forward to putting it all to good use in Shanghai.”