Ducati encouraged by Bridgestone debut.

Glorious weather conditions greeted the new partnership between Ducati and Bridgestone on the first day of testing at Jerez, Spain, today (Tuesday).

2005 race riders Loris Capirossi and Carlos Checa spent the entire day getting used to the new tyres - neither having ridden Bridgestones before - and were immediately impressed with the handling of their machines on the Japanese rubber. Ducati has used Michelin tyres since its MotoGP debut in 2003. Crash.net