Following the wet weekend of racing at Knockhill the Airwaves Ducati team headed straight to Croft in Yorkshire to complete a 2 day official BSB test. Day one of the test was cut short due to heavy showers but it remained dry for the second day, allowing the team to test in a variety of conditions. Airwaves Ducati focused on testing a new Ohlins suspension system and a number of new Dunlop tyres over the two days. The team rode 454km in total with Greg completing 113 laps and Leon 100 laps. With an average track temperature of 23 degrees and an average air temperature of 14 degrees, Leon recorded a fastest time of 1:20.6 in the dry and 1:31.4 in wet conditions. Greg’s fastest lap in the dry was 1:19.9 and having only completed 15 laps in the wet he set a fastest time of 1:31.7.
Following the successful test Greg commented, “It has been a pretty good couple of days, we were lucky that it was dry after the conditions in Knockhill! It was our first test since the season started so there were a number of things that we have wanted to try out but have not been able to at the races. The ideas that we tried out all worked well and we managed to test a number of new Dunlop tyres which provided us with useful information for the rest of the season. Everything went to plan; now we need to keep working and improving and I will be aiming to start that at the next round at Oulton Park.”
Leon Haslam was pleased with the two day test saying, “It has been a useful couple of days, we have been able to work on a number of things on the bike in both wet and dry conditions. We tried out a number of things including tyres and suspension which all went well and to plan. After my result at Knockhill and the consistent times we were setting at Croft I am confident for the rest of the season and I am looking forward to Oulton Park next weekend.”
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