Axxexs
Ordinary man doing extraordinary things
- Gick med
- 11 Dec 2003
- Ort
- Verkstan
- Hoj
- Technical Sports Racing AC28-M Prototype powered by Honda Racing Corporation
Randy De Puniet 81 varv
"I am very tired, I did 81 laps all in the heat
of the afternoon. But it was positive, especially
the tyre testing with Michelin. I tried four
different rear race tyres and found one that was
very good, very consistent, with many laps
between 2'02.5 and 02.8. My best time today was
set using the latest Michelin tyre, 0.5s faster
than yesterday. Although this is just the first
day of testing the Ohlins suspension on the Honda
I have a good feeling and I'm we can find a
faster set-up. With Honda we also worked on the
engine mapping, to reduce the level of traction
control and improve the braking stability. I'm
very happy and the main thing is that over many
laps the Honda is physically easier and less
tiring to ride than my previous bike."
Andrea Dovizioso 57 varv
“Another good day for us. Once more I spent
the day getting acquainted with the RC212V. We
are getting to know each other better, but it is
still difficult adjusting from the two-stroke
250. Engine braking is the big thing – you have
it on a four-stroke 800, but very little on a
two-stroke 250! This affects my entry into the
corners, although I still feel fast in the middle
of the corner. It will all come with time! The
team and I will look at the data tonight and see
where I can make up some more time and improve my
performance. The middle and exit of the corner is
still easier on the MotoGP bike than on a 250
thanks to the electronics. I’ve improved my
feeling from the front-end of the Honda after
some setting changes and after testing some new
Michelin tyres which is very important.”
John Hopkins
"The way that we're managing it is that we're going to start with the '07 bike - we're not bringing out a completely new '08 bike. What we're doing is to keep improving on what we have now and get new parts throughout the winter. So we'll always have new parts to test, but there won't be a completely different bike or anything like that.
The parts that I've received so far were completely new. I asked for some new clutch parts and similar things after riding the bike for the first time at Valencia, just to help get into the corners better and smoothen everything up a little. Those new parts were here and were exactly what I wanted, which is amazing in such a short amount of time.
The bikes are definitely night and day different, from Suzuki to Kawasaki. There are some negatives and some positives with the Kawasaki, but by the end of testing I'm quite confident that we'll turn the negatives into positives.
The Kawasaki engine is definitely very fast. The ultimate goal is to make the power manageable. Right now we're getting a lot of wheelies and - coming out of the corners - the traction control system does work very, very well, but there are a lot of places where we can make the power more manageable."
"I am very tired, I did 81 laps all in the heat
of the afternoon. But it was positive, especially
the tyre testing with Michelin. I tried four
different rear race tyres and found one that was
very good, very consistent, with many laps
between 2'02.5 and 02.8. My best time today was
set using the latest Michelin tyre, 0.5s faster
than yesterday. Although this is just the first
day of testing the Ohlins suspension on the Honda
I have a good feeling and I'm we can find a
faster set-up. With Honda we also worked on the
engine mapping, to reduce the level of traction
control and improve the braking stability. I'm
very happy and the main thing is that over many
laps the Honda is physically easier and less
tiring to ride than my previous bike."
Andrea Dovizioso 57 varv
“Another good day for us. Once more I spent
the day getting acquainted with the RC212V. We
are getting to know each other better, but it is
still difficult adjusting from the two-stroke
250. Engine braking is the big thing – you have
it on a four-stroke 800, but very little on a
two-stroke 250! This affects my entry into the
corners, although I still feel fast in the middle
of the corner. It will all come with time! The
team and I will look at the data tonight and see
where I can make up some more time and improve my
performance. The middle and exit of the corner is
still easier on the MotoGP bike than on a 250
thanks to the electronics. I’ve improved my
feeling from the front-end of the Honda after
some setting changes and after testing some new
Michelin tyres which is very important.”
John Hopkins
"The way that we're managing it is that we're going to start with the '07 bike - we're not bringing out a completely new '08 bike. What we're doing is to keep improving on what we have now and get new parts throughout the winter. So we'll always have new parts to test, but there won't be a completely different bike or anything like that.
The parts that I've received so far were completely new. I asked for some new clutch parts and similar things after riding the bike for the first time at Valencia, just to help get into the corners better and smoothen everything up a little. Those new parts were here and were exactly what I wanted, which is amazing in such a short amount of time.
The bikes are definitely night and day different, from Suzuki to Kawasaki. There are some negatives and some positives with the Kawasaki, but by the end of testing I'm quite confident that we'll turn the negatives into positives.
The Kawasaki engine is definitely very fast. The ultimate goal is to make the power manageable. Right now we're getting a lot of wheelies and - coming out of the corners - the traction control system does work very, very well, but there are a lot of places where we can make the power more manageable."
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