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WEATHER RUINS THE DAY FOR SUZUKI
Team SUZUKI MotoGP had to abandon hopes of a full day’s testing at Valencia today due to bad weather. Both riders were forced to sit and wait as strong winds and frequent rain showers made track conditions inappropriate for the nature of testing that the team wanted to do. Even when the circuit did begin to dry out it was still too slippery for John Hopkins to continue with his Ohlins suspension test or to try out the latest tyre constructions from Bridgestone. Chris Vermeulen managed to briefly get out on the circuit and was able to do a short test on Bridgestone’s wet weather tyres to get himself acquainted with the feel of them. Team SUZUKI MotoGP has one final test in 2005, at Sepang in Malaysia later this month. Then the team and factory have a gruelling winter schedule of developing and designing more new parts for the prototype Suzuki GSV-R race bike, before Hopkins and Vermeulen return to track action – again at a Sepang test – in January. The provisional date for the start of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship is Sunday 26th March at Jerez in Spain.
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