Sepang seems to have an effect on Alvaro Bautista, as once again his testing session was disrupted by illness. Bautista suffered from headaches and dizzy spells throughout the first few testing laps which cost him valuable testing time.

Bautista was able to return to the track later in the session.

Álvaro Bautista:
“It seems like at this moment the bike has better durability than the rider! This has been bad luck to get sick at two consecutive tests – I feel very drained but I am confident that I will be ok tomorrow after maybe 12 hours sleep! But there was also some positive points today – we tested a new rear swing-arm which improved the rear grip by a reasonable step and also a new engine map which helped the bike punch off the corner better. My best lap was with race distance already completed on the tyres, so for sure I can go quicker with new tyres but today my condition was not the best for a ‘qualifying’ style lap. I’m frustrated but happy – we have improved the Suzuki quite a lot since the end of 2010.”

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