Alvaro Bautista was joined by test rider Nobuatsu Aoki in Sepang for the first day of the second official MotoGP test of 2011 in Sepang.

Both riders were testing new front and rear suspension parts and settings, and electronic control strategies to further refine the Suzuki GSV-R

Álvaro Bautista:
“Well, I feel much better today than the last time I did some laps here - then it wasn’t so nice with the sickness! Today I wanted to ride in a calm way and concentrate on the details that we had to work on. Also, last time here in Sepang we really struggled to use the hard rear tyre, so we did many laps on it today and made some progress. Then finally we put in some softer tyres – the same as I used in the race last year – and the feeling was really smooth and very easy to make a low 2.02. We didn’t make an exciting lap-time today but we improved the bike, especially on corner exit where it now feels much smoother. I’m looking forward to pushing a bit harder tomorrow.”

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