Alex De Angelis took part in a recent tyre testಌ as Dunlop steps up its development programme for new rubber for the 2013 Moto2 world c🐽hampionship.

The two-day test took place at the Goody👍ear Dunlop-owned Mireval faciliꦕty in the South of France.

Dunlop invited all Moto2 chassis manufacturers to participate in the test, making 🅘various concepts of potential future tyres available.

De Angelis plus Dominique Aegerter evaluated new front and rear specifications, focusing on construct♕ion, profile and compounds el⭕ements.

Both riders provided valuable feedback to assist the development proc♎ess, completing ov🍒er 400 laps.

Stephen Bickley, Dunlop Motorsport, Senior Race🔴 Engineer, said: "The two days of testing could have not goneꦛ more to plan.

"The test was not about finding ultimate lap time - although lap time and high performance is taken into consideration - but more to find development directions for the future, to understand new concepts and build a structure for the next test which p𓄧lanne𒆙d later in the year.

"The weather wa🅷s hot with both days 32C ambient and 45C track peak, which certainly helpe𝕴d us, and gave our UK engineers some respite from the recent wet weather at home!

"We have identified three evolution🔜s which showed strong potential and will be taken through to the final development phase later this year: a new front tyre concept, a new rear tyre construction and an improved compound process," he added.

"The new front concept is showing extremely strong results. The new rear construction went through its second test and is showing huge potential, such that it will now be refined and assess from a manufacturing perspec༺tive.

"Finally, the new techniques to our compounding processes have seen a measurable improvement through a lift in both quali💜ty and performance so they c♏an certainly been deemed a success."