BAYLISS AND FABRIZIO (DUCATI XEROX) CONCLUDE THREE SUCCESSFUL
DAYS OF TESTING AT MUGELLO
Troy Bayliss and Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) have this
evening completed three days of testing at the Mugello circuit,
on board both the Ducati 1098 F08 and the new F09 development
bike.
Throughout Wednesday and Thursday Bayliss clocked up 640
kilometres, completing 124 laps, on his F08 machine, with
the team testing different settings and identifying two new
set-ups that will be tried at the next World Superbike round
in Misano next week. Fabrizio meanwhile rode the F09 development
bike, gaining familiarity with the new components and testing
new things ahead of the coming season. The team also worked
to find various set-up solutions and test suspension settings
of the new machine.
Troy Bayliss 1m52.8s (Ducati 1098 F08 - race tyre)
"It's been very useful testing here this week, ahead
of the Misano race. We've worked on the settings of the bike
to overcome the problems I felt I was having at Nuerburgring.
The high track temperatures meant we weren't so fast but I
completed a lot of laps, around 450 yesterday and nearly 200
this morning so, even though I'm tired, it's been worthwhile
coming here. The sessions have given us some important data
and so I hope the work we've done here comes to fruition next
week in Misano."
Michel Fabrizio 1m52.1s (1098 F09 - qualifying tyre)
"The testing here has gone well . I've been riding the
F09 and have really done some laps, 1154 kilometres, that's
220 laps over three days! We've been working hard and so I'd
say we've learned a lot about how to continue with the development
of this new bike. We've definitely had a productive few days,
also in terms of my own professional growth as it's been great
having the opportunity to work so closely with the development
team."
TIMES: Bayliss (Ducati Xerox 1098 F08) 1m52.8s;
Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox 1098 F09) 1m52.1s
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