Yamaha Factory Racing Complete Successful Test at Sepang |
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| Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:52 | |||
 The Yamaha Factory Racing Team today completed the first test of the 2012 season at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies spent the three track days working to develop the base set up of the 1000cc YZR-M1 ahead of the second Sepang test in one month’s time. The riders and engineers focused on the balance of the M1 chassis along with improving the electronics package to gain the optimum performance from the increased horsepower. New Bridgestone tyres were also assessed ahead of the upcoming race season. The times from today’s final session saw Lorenzo slot in as the second fastest rider, 0.59 seconds behind Casey Stoner. Team mate Spies wrapped up in fourth position, 0.88 seconds from first. The riders will now return to the USA and Spain respectively whilst the engineers return to Japan with the valuable data to make the next steps forward in development. The team will return in four weeks time to test the work done. Jorge Lorenzo Position : 2nd Time: 2'00.198 Laps: 35 “I’m really, really satisfied, I have improved on my best record here in Sepang. We tried a lot of things; some have been a lot better, especially one major improvement. We also know where we have to improve in the future. The electronics are not perfect yet, we still need to make it smoother but the bike has so much potential we are very optimistic. The Yamaha engineers have worked really hard so they have done a good job. I made my best time today at midday which is the hardest time with the conditions so it was pretty good. Let’s see what we can do when we come back.” Ben Spies Position : 4th Time: 2'00.495 Laps: 16 “It’s been a good test, we’ve got a lot of things accomplished, we’re definitely moving in the right direction with my bike. I tried the Yamaha test rider’s bike today which had a slightly different set up to make a fair comparison with mine. I made a small mistake, losing the front but that’s testing; it can happen when you’re working out the good and bad! All in all it’s been great and I’m really happy and looking forward to coming back and seeing what’s new.” Test Times 1. Casey Stoner (AUS) Repsol Honda Team 1'59.607 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Yamaha Factory Racing 2'00.198 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 2'00.256 4. Ben Spies (USA) Yamaha Factory Racing 2'00.495 5. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Ducati Team 2'00.824 6. Hector Barbera (SPA) Pramac Racing Team 2'00.929 7. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha Tech3 2'01.108 8. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Yamaha Tech3 2'01.257 9. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Honda Gresini 2'01.384 10. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Team 2'01.729 11. Stefan Bradl (GER) LCR Honda 2'01.894 12. Karel Abraham (CZE) Cardion AB Motoracing 2'02.218 13. Katsuyuki Nakasuga (JPN) Yamaha Factory Racing 2'02.334 14. Franco Battaini (ITA) Ducati Team 2'03.033 15. Colin Edwards (USA) NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2'04.722 16. Ivan Silva (SPA) Avintia Racing 2'08.225 17. Robertino Pietri (VEN) Avintia Racing 2'09.640 18. Jordi Torres (SPA) Avintia Racing 2'10.184 Sepang Record Lap C.Stoner (Ducati) 2007, 2'02.108 Sepang Best Lap V.Rossi (Yamaha) 2009, 2'00.518 Article source: Yamaha Factory Racing
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