From a press release issued by Alice Aprilia Racing:

TEST VALENCIA/2nd day

SATISFACTION FOR SHANE BYRNE VALENCIA

After yesterday’s first taste of the track with quite bad weather conditions, Shane Byrne could enjoy this sunny day with a temperature of 14°C.

The English rider completed today almost seventy laps testing different setting and studying his reaction to the changes of the bike.

He used testing tyres having as point of reference the tyres used by the Aprilia team during the last MotoGP race, tomorrow instead he will use some new material.

Byrne proves to be a very clever rider who is learning quickly: in fact, compared to yesterday, today he improved his best lap time of almost 2 seconds.

At the end of this testing day “Shakey” Shane Byrne was happy of the feeling he had with the bike. Satisfaction was also expressed by the team, happy for today’s results and for the learning skills of the rider.

While Byrne is getting used to the new bike, the test rider Marcellino lucchi tried some new material for the 2004 version.

Best lap time:

Byrne (Aprilia MGP) 1:35.9 70 laps