Movistar Yamaha Test New Chassis in Catalunya
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13/06/2017
Movistar Yamaha test New Chassis in Catalunya see the full report from Yamaha racing below.
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi was back on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today to continue the development of new items for the 2017 YZR-M1.
Today the Yamaha Factory riders were each able to test one of the two new frames available. Tomorrow they will switch to get a feel for the other option. Rossi made strides in the blistering Catalan sunshine. He started the day by setting the provisional fastest time of the session on his fifth lap, before it was time to switch his focus to the fine-tuning of his bike. The Doctor spent the day testing various settings along with the second new frame option and came back with positive feedback. After completing 71 laps, he ended the day in tenth place with a fastest lap of 1'45.635s, 1.564s from the top.
Following the progress booked today, the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team have decided to stay at the Barcelona circuit for one further day to conduct a private test.
Valentino Rossi
10th - 1'45.635 / 71 LAPS
It was a good day of testing because we had a lot of interesting items to try from the Yamaha side and I think it was a positive day because we have learnt a lot about the bike and where we can improve. At the end, the feeling was better even if we have not yet solved all the problems. Tomorrow we will have another day, with some further test items so we will try to continue the work.
Massimo Meregalli
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Director
After the challenging Catalan Grand Prix, it was good to have the opportunity today to test in similar conditions and we are satisfied with the amount of work that we got done. Today’s main goal was to evaluate two new frames that we brought here to test. Valentino’s focus has been mainly on testing the new frame, which gave him more confidence in the areas where he wanted to improve. Both new frames had some positive aspects confirmed by the riders and tomorrow they will switch frames between them.
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