Mixed weather conditions hampered the first day of MotoGP™ testing at Phillip
Island in Australia today with alternate dry and wet conditions leaving many
teams unable to find a proper set-up to lap consistently, which delayed the
testing program.
Yet despite these hard conditions Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s
Maverick Viñales put-in 20 laps aboard his GSX-RR, tried to test a few new
things, in particular some electronics set-ups and recorded second on the
timesheets.
Viñales and team-mate Aleix Espargaro have been joined at
the test by Suzuki Test Team rider Takuya Tsuda, who worked hard yesterday in
more consistent conditions to test mostly the new electronics. The objective of
the Test Team in Australia is to continue the initial program with the new
electronics and also the new seamless gearbox in order to finalise its
development so that it can be transferred to the Factory Team riders.
Davide Brivio – Team Manager:
“Unfortunately
the weather is totally uncertain and today’s conditions were too hostile to make
a proper test. Since the introduction of the new tyres and new electronics all
teams desperately need to further investigate the issues and these hard days
make us lose many precious chances. However, this morning Maverick could make
some laps in the wet which was very helpful for us to verify some things in the
electronics and this will help us to find the best direction both tomorrow and
for the upcoming season. He also made some laps in dry conditions, even though
they were mainly to prepare for tomorrow’s work.
“Aleix, on the
contrary, was very unlucky: He wanted to wait for dry conditions in order to lap
in good conditions but he could only do a couple of laps before more rain. For
him, today was a wasted day, but we hope for better conditions tomorrow and he
will probably take advantage also of the information coming from Maverick today.
Here in Phillip Island we also have our Test Team which is supposed to bring on
crucial work for the development of the machines. I really hope that the weather
will get more stable for the next two days as the riders are very keen to ride
and all our engineers need data and feedback to work on.”
Maverick Viñales:
“Today was very difficult
conditions, but we managed to ride some laps and this was positive. We didn’t
really test anything specific, we just wanted to verify some set-ups in the
electronics, mainly to take some advantages for tomorrow. I feel more confident
now than last year, the 2015 season was really helpful for me to grow and also
become more focused and sharp when it comes to giving feedback to my engineers
and asking for modifications. This new electronics are putting all riders under
pressure, we still have so many things to learn before we can manage it
properly, but this is also something that is renewing the enthusiasm. I spent
all the Winter training to get fit, now it’s time to focus on the machine. In
Sepang we had some positive improvements which gave me positive feelings, but
now I’m really curious to continue the development and get closer to the top.”
Aleix Espargaro:
“Today was too hard to predict
the set-up, the weather conditions were not either fully-wet or dry which
prevented us finding a proper direction. Honestly, if rain came seriously I
would have been happy to try in full wet as it could have been useful
information for the season, when of course we will have some rainy races. But in
these variable conditions we preferred not to risk anything and wait for the
upcoming days. I was curious to test the new intermediate tyres because they
will be helpful in some races or qualifying, but of course when conditions are
not consistent you can’t control the electronics properly; and then it’s very
hard to test the tyres’ performances.”
IRTA TEST – AUSTRALIA:
Classification after Day1:
1. PETRUCCI, Danilo - Octo Pramac
Yakhnich - 1:31.764
2. VIÑALES, Maverick - Team SUZUKI ECSTAR -
1:32.483 - +0.719 – Lap 20 / 20
3. SMITH, Bradley - Monster Yamaha
Tech 3 - 1:32.590 - +0.826 – Lap 27 / 27
4. REDDING, Scott - Octo Pramac
Yakhnich - 1:32.864 - +1.100 – Lap 33 / 41
5. CRUTCHLOW, Cal - LCR Honda -
1:32.948 - +1.184 – Lap 21 / 21
6. ROSSI, Valentino - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
- 1:33.088 - +1.324 – Lap 26 / 27
7. ESPARGARO, Pol - Monster Yamaha Tech 3
- 1:33.126 - +1.362 – Lap 20 / 20
8. HERNANDEZ, Yonny - Aspar MotoGP Team -
1:33.841 - +2.077 – Lap 6 / 6
9. MILLER, Jack - Marc VDS Racing Team -
1:33.992 - +2.228 – Lap 6 / 6
10. IANNONE, Andrea - Ducati Team - 1:34.049 -
+2.285 – Lap 7 / 9
11. RABAT, Tito - EG 0.0 Marc VDS - 1:35.273 - +3.509 –
Lap 28 / 29
12. MARQUEZ, Marc - Repsol Honda Team - 1:35.354 - +3.590 – Lap
18 / 20
13. ESPARGARO, Aleix - Team SUZUKI ECSTAR - 1:35.584 -
+3.820 – Lap 2 / 2
14. LAVERTY, Eugene - Aspar MotoGP Team -
1:35.679 - +3.915 – Lap 5 / 10
15. TSUDA, Takuya - Suzuki Test Team
- 1:36.166 - +4.402 – Lap 6 / 6
16. LORENZO, Jorge - Movistar
Yamaha MotoGP - 1:39.825 - +8.061 – Lap 14 / 24
17. PEDROSA, Dani - Repsol
Honda Team - 1:40.138 - +8.374 – Lap 15 / 15
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