Iker Lecuona fails to complete Phillip Island test as Honda struggle again
Xavi Vierge and Iker 🃏Lecuona feel as though a step forward has be⭕en made despite being off the pace at the Phillip Island test.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge finished the one-day WorldSBK test in 16th place, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Iker Lecuona⛄ was 19th after fail🤪ing to set a lap time during the afternoon session.
O♎ver 1.4 seconds down on Toprak Razgatlioglu’s new lap record, Vierge and Honda seemed to be struggling for pace once agai꧑n.
But the Spaniard is not too displeased with his race pace heading into this weekend’s opening round: “Luckily, we were able to complete th⛄e test by changing the schedule. We completed many laps, and I must say that the level of grip the new asphalt offers is amazing, which has helped us address some of our weaknesses.
“We've found a gooಌd setup for this track, and ꧅the feeling with the bike is positive right now. Our race pace isn't bad, though we’ve again struggled a bit with the soft tyres.
“While testing the '0' tyre this afternoon, I madꦅe a small mista𒊎ke in the last corner and that really cost me.
“If we compare our feeling at ꦚthis track to last year, we've improved, and although we haven't reached our ultimate goal yet, at least the feeling is posꦓitive.
“We have a couple more days to try to make further progress before the races. We're heading in the right direction anyway, and once the real action gets underway on Friday, we'll bღe able to better assess our position and build on it.”
For💞 Lecuona, a tip-off at turn 11 during the morning session resulted in him missing out on the entire afternoon running.
Unhappy with the performance after Portimao, Lecuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚona believes a small step has been made although it appears as though it won’t be enough to challenge for big points t🎃his weekend.
“As I’ve said before, the targeꦫt is to try and find a way forward with the current base and fully exploit the bike’s performance, and so that’s what we set out to do today,” began Lecuona.
“At a certain point, we put in a new tyre and, after making a few modifications to the bike, things were feeling ♉good, much ဣbetter in fact.
“But then unfortunately I suffered quite an𓆉 unexpected and fast crash mi♔d-way through turn 11.
“I hit my left shoulder hard when I fell and I couldn’💟t continཧue riding during the afternoon.
“On Thursd♎ay afternoon, I will have another assessment with doctors at the medical centre to see whether I’m passed fit to compete this weekend.
“I want to apologise to the team because it’s not the start we wanted of course. It’s also frustrating because I really love competing at this track, but I will follow the doctors’ advice and do all I can to improve my phy♍sical condition.”
