Positive Progress for FPR in Germany
Foggy PETRONAS Racing riders, Craig Jones and Steve Martin,
furthered their testing progress on the second day of a three-day
test at the German circuit of EuroSpeedway Lausitz, located
between Berlin and Dresden.
Another trouble free day of running with the PETRONAS FP1,
coupled with continuing warm weather, enabled both riders
to capitalise on their efforts from the opening day of the
test as Craig improved his lap time by over a second and Steve
knocked off a further half second from yesterday, to end the
day with times of 1:41.3 and 1:40.2 respectively.
Steve worked comprehensively through the tyre test programme
required by the Championship’s sole tyre supplier, Pirelli,
whilst also progressing evaluation of the latest engine developments
and chassis set-up, in preparation for the German round of
the Superbike World Championship at EuroSpeedway in early
September.
Craig was immediately on his pace from the first day of the
test, concentrating his efforts on tyre testing having already
achieved a chassis set-up he is comfortable with.
Steve said, “We’re worked through
a lot today, with tyres and also the chassis. We could probably
have left the bike set-up as it was as it was handling well,
but with the nature of this project we’re always striving
to make the bike package even just a fraction better, in any
way possible. The set-up we tried this afternoon is completely
different to those I’ve used at other circuits this
year and it seems to be a good direction, as I was able to
post my fastest lap of the day on that setting, so we’ll
try and make improvements on that tomorrow. I’ve also
worked through all the tyres that Pirelli wanted me to and
I’ve found a good front and rear, which I can hopefully
test fully with a race simulation tomorrow.”
Craig said, “We didn’t change
anything with the chassis today as I’m feeling very
comfortable with that and, managed to knock off over a second
from my yesterday’s lap time so we’re definitely
making good progress. I’ve done almost seventy laps
and tested a lot of the tyres, so now I just want to have
a look at some data, think about the track in my head, have
a good sleep and go faster tomorrow.”
Second Day Unofficial Times (race tyres):
1. Bayliss (Ducati) 1:38.3
2. Pitt (Yamaha) 1:38.3
3. Corser (Suzuki) 1:38.4
4. Kagayama (Suzuki) 1:38.4
5. Haga (Yamaha) 1:38.6
6. Lanzi (Ducati) 1:39.0
7. Toseland (Honda) 1:39.0
8. Muggeridge (Honda) 1:39.0
9. Nieto (Kawasaki) 1:40.1
10. Martin (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:40.2
11. Walker (Kawasaki) 1:40.2
12. Jones (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:41.3
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