motorcycle news - Tuesday 9th March 2010
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Worx Crescent Suzuki finish first in Spain
The BSB Worx Crescent Suzuki riders Tommy Hill and Yukio Kagayama finished 3 days of exhaustive testing at Cartegena in Spain yesterday and broke the lap record.
Unofficially Tommy Hill set the new lap record (and fastest time), with his team mate only factions of a second behind. However, team Manager (Jack Valentine), has stressed that pre season testing is not about lap times; but in depth preparation of the bikes ready for the start of the BSB season in 26 days time (at Brands Hatch).
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Testing has not been without its problems … Kagayama's bike suffered teething problems with its new engine management system ( limiting track times) and both riders have also crashed. Hill crashed yesterday while passing another rider and Kagayama high-sided in the final session (both riders escaped injury and their bikes have been fully repaired).
Over the three days, Hill completed 90 laps of testing, while Kagayama made 52.
Tommy Hill:
"The testing has been really good and I'm very happy with progress. We came here with a big list of jobs to work through and it's been good to get through these; working with different chassis and suspension settings. The lap times have come down and now the bike is really starting to feel my own. This circuit is really tight and twisty and so I've been able to ride the bike in a way that's similar to how we ride the UK circuits, so everything we're doing here is relevant. It's going well."
Yukio Kagayama:
"It hasn't been easy for me with the problems we've had, but even on my side of the garage we've still made good progress and the speed is there. We've focused on working through many settings. We need to try many settings as there are many circuits in the season, so we need many ideas, many answers so that we can always be fast. So, good progress, but still more work to do!"
Jack Valentine - Team Manager:
"Testing is a serious business and it's not at all straight forward. It's been fairly-cold here and it's been a job for the riders to find grip, so to get the lap times they have is excellent progress. As well, this test has been organised in sessions - rather than an open pit lane - and this has given the team a good taster of the kind of approach we'll need to take in race-qualifying under the new one-bike rule. So far, all is good."
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