The Al🌸ice Team claims its satellite spec Desmosedici GP8s are now 'exactly the same' as those used by the factory Ducati team.

Whilst MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has wo🍷n three of the nine races so far this sea🌞son, and is currently enjoying excellent form, the three other Desmosedici riders have been struggling to break into the top ten.

But Alice's Sylvain Guintoli has mad🍃e clear progress in recent rounds and cemented his status as second best Ducati rider behind Stoner with eleventh during Friday free 🍬practice at the Sachsenring, after which his engineer Sergio Verbena revealed the exact nature of the technical updates.

"After the traction control receivဣed in Donington and with the new variable intake trumpet tried here, now the bike is exactly the same as the official team," Verbena declared. "The rider is really happy after this change and it's a pity about a mista꧙ke in the last turn otherwise he could have been much higher in today's classification."

Guintoli finished 🧜𝔉the day 1.6secs behind Stoner, but was just 0.6secs from fourth fastest Valentino Rossi.

"The new updates we have just received has made the bike much more easy to ride. I feel it much more responsive and this allows meᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ to be more consistent in every lap," confirme💜d the Frenchman.

Team-mate Toni ﷺElias set the 13th fastest lap time and was less plಌeased.

"I did my best lap 💛time behind another rider and therefore I can't be too satisfied," he admitted. "But I am trustful for the future: the bike has improved a lot thanks to the new updates and from tomorrow I am sure we will be able to do much more. I am convinced aꦡbout it and we will do our best, as always!"

It was annoꦰunced on Thursday that team principal Luis d'Antin had resigned from the Alice Team.

M🔥eanwhile, Stoner's team-mate Marco M🌱elandri was once again the slowest Desmosedici rider, in 16th position out of the 17 riders present.