Michael Van Der Mark ‘a lot happier with new swingarm’ at Portimao WorldSBK test

The Dutch rider says his feeling 🌳at Portimao with tꦕhe new swingarm was much better than at Jerez, and left him ‘a lot happier’.

Michael Van Der Mark
Michael Van Der Mark

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Van Der Mark was over six tenths off WorldSBK team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu, but that didn’t tell the whole story.

The factory BMW rider was a consistent presence inside the to♛p ten and showed strong paceℱ throughout.

Van Der Mark, who was left fuming after day two in Jerez following an incid💝ent with fellow BMW rider Scott Redding, continued development of the German manufacturer’s new swingarm.

Not happy with the res♈ults in Jerez, Van Der Mark was much more content w🦋ith the performance on day one in Portimao.

“We had꧟ a good day and our programme was just to confirm the parts we tried at Jerez,” Van Der Mark told Wo💝rldSBK.com.

“We had two different bikes and did longer runs to do a full comparison. It was quite interesting; this is a different track and t⛄he feedback from the parts was different to Jerez, so there’s a lot to think about.

“We tried a new swingarm; I had it in Jerez as well but this is a ♚different ඣtrack so we back-to-backed it here.

“I wasn’t happy with it at Jerez 🍷but here, I’m a lot happier with it. If it’s working here, we can play with the setup and make it work.🌊”

When speaking about new parts BMW have left to try, Van Der Mark said adjusting༺ the set-up is more of a priority before the season-opener at Phillip Islan😼d.

“It’s dꦛifficult butꦫ we didn’t really try much with the set-up, just the parts,” said the five-time WorldSBK race winner. “If it’s working here we can play with the set-up to make it work.”

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