Last weekend’s Portimao WorldSBK test offered a chance to the teams and riders in attendance to work on some of the issues that remained after a disrupted winter tes🅘ting programme, and those which emerged at the opening round of the 2025 season in Phillip Island; but for Honda and Xavi Vierge the conclusion was that the Fireblade’s rear grip issues remain.

Vierge, who this year is contesting his fourth season of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike with Honda, said that his intention going into the test was to find again what he described as “the positive feeling we had during preseason💎 testing,” having been unable to break into the top-10 in Australia.

“We reaౠlly needed this two-day test because, after a positive pre-season, we faced some difficulties during the opening round in Australia,” Vierge admitted.

“Th🦄e goal here was to regain the positive feeling we had during preseason testing. Friꦓday morning and Saturday afternoon were wet or mixed, which meant we had to modify our plan since we didn’t get the track time we expected.”

Vierge said that the setup of the CBR1000RR-R had to be adjusted for the cooler temperatures in Portimao, and that he 🌊focused on 🌠electronics to try to cure the bike’s lack of acceleration grip.

“We were able to test some of the most important aspects of the electronics and c🧸omplete many laps with different setups to see how we can exploit our strong points,” he s🙈aid

“We had to adj𒈔ust the setup slightly, as temp🌳eratures were much lower here compared to Australia, but after a few runs, I started to feel better.

“We've made a good step in cooler conditions compared to las🎉t year, but it remains to be seen if we can achieve the same inꦫ the heat, where we struggle more: the braking and turning aren't too bad, but as soon as we open the throttle, we feel we’re lacking drive and acceleration.

“Hopefully, by continuing t🌌o work on the 🏅electronics, we can improve in that area.”

Vi𒀰erge added that he felt better with race tyres than pushing for one lap on a softer compound.

“The feeling on the race tyre was good, but🌊 when I tried a soft one on Saturday, I couldn’t improve, another area where we need to work,” he said.

“Now, we need to analyze all the data we collected here and prepare the best base setup possible for the race weekend. Thanks to Honda for their continued efforts in improving, and a big thank༺ you to the team for their hard work. Now, we look ahead to the next races.”