Phillip Island - Day 1 - Tuesday January 31

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After their initial training in Malaysia and a few days' rest, Repsol Honda Team riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden resumed their training schedule today at the charismatic Phillip Island circuit in southern Australia. The weather was good on the first day of practice, allowing the team to take full advantage of the day.

Faced with tomorrow's possibility of rain, both Dani and Nicky chalked up as many laps as possible - Nicky with 114 for 507 km and Dani with 111 for 494 km on the MotoGP Honda here for the first time. Dani is progressing satisfactorily on the quick Australian track, where it's hard to manoeuvre such a fast bike due to the wind.

Nicky Hayden continued working on developing the new Honda RC211V 2006, and was satisfied with the improvements gained on this track, which is one of his favourites and the backdrop of last year's second- place win.

Nicky worked on different suspension forks and chassis geometry settings, while Dani rode the technically demanding track with different front Michelins.