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MotoAmerica: Bicknese Tops Final Junior Cup Test Session At COTA
Hayden Bicknese crashed his Altus Motorsports Kawasaki Ninja 400 in the final MotoAmerica SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup test session, but not before he turned the fastest lap time in the session, a 2:31.859.
Ben Gloddy, the leader of six of the other Junior Cup test sessions, crashed his Landers Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 without injury early in session eight and did not record any lap times. The 2:29.874 Gloddy did in session seven held up as the fastest lap time among the Junior Cup testers.
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MotoAmerica: Gagne Heads Superbike Test Session 7 At COTA
Editorial Note: The “Scheibe Test Rider” was Max Flinders, who rode the Scheibe Racing BMW S1000RR B bike to ensure it was functioning properly, according to team owner Steve Scheibe.
21_1_DTEST1_SBK_P7_resWorld Superbike: Rea P1, Gerloff P3 On Day One Of Testing At Catalunya
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Five manufacturers in the top five, Rea fastest on day one of Barcelona test
Reigning Champion Jonathan Rea topped the times on day one as all manufacturers feature in the top five in Barcelona
It was left late to go top of the times in day one of the Supported Test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on the first day of action for MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship machines but, with around an hour left of the session, six-time Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) stormed to the top of the timesheets to take day one honours.
It had been a quiet start for Rea as he found himself in the middle of the timesheets but slowly worked his way up the order, culminating with the Northern Irishman topping the day. Rea had spent the day confirming items on the chassis as well as front forks from Showa on his brand-new 2021 ZX-10RR, but posted a time of 1’40.793s to go fastest as he completed 68 laps, lapping almost one second faster than the 2020 Tissot Superpole fastest time, albeit on a revised layout.
Rea finished ahead of Leon Haslam (Team HRC) with the Honda rider trying new exhaust systems on his CBR1000 RR-R, as well as running with a torque sensor on his bike, with Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) running them close. Gerloff had gone top of the session with around an hour to go but found himself usurped by Rea and Haslam in the latter stages. The American had focussed on longer runs as well as trying a new fairing and brakes on his YZF R1.
Scott Redding (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) had topped the times throughout most of the day with the British rider trying new items around the seat area of his Ducati Panigale V4 R, but finished the day in fourth place, less than two tenths off the pace. He was joined inside the top ten by teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi with the Italian taking eighth in the classification.
The brand-new BMW M 1000 RR immediately showed its potential as Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Jonas Folger (Bonovo MGM Racing) finished fifth and seventh respectively, with Sykes’ BMW teammate, Michael van der Mark, 13th for his new team. BMW had brought a new swingarm, exhaust and winglets to the test as well as durability improvements to the electronics packages. It was an eventful day for Folger who lost crucial track time after a crash around two hours into the session, but he was able to return to the track with a couple of hours left.
Turkish star Toprak Razgatlioglu (PATA Yamaha with BRIXX WorldSBK) finished in sixth for the day as he focussed on refining the package he has with the Yamaha YZF R1, with small details to work on. Teammate Andrea Locatelli, who was focusing on race simulations with the aim of doing one full race simulation per day to continue his evolution from WorldSSP into WorldSBK; Locatelli completing the most laps of anybody with 93.
Making his debut on track with his new team, Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven) completed 65 laps as he posted the ninth best time, almost matching Rinaldi’s time during the day, with very few new parts on the bike for Davies. The Welshman was using this test to get back up to speed after not riding a bike on track for around five months. Alvaro Bautista (Team HRC) was 11th for the day, also trying a new exhaust system on his bike, but after the day admitted he was not at 100% following a small motocross accident last week. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) was in 12th place as his recovery from a shoulder injury continues, as he completed 81 laps during the day as looked to confirm items he had tested at Jerez and Aragon in previous tests, including trying the new Brembo callipers.
Rookie Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) finished in 14th place with the Ducati Panigale V4 R trying a new exhaust system, while Japanese rookie Kohta Nozane (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was 15th as he continues to gear up for his maiden WorldSBK campaign. Tito Rabat’s (Barni Racing Team) session was ended over an hour early with the Spanish rider in 15th place; the team still searching for a base setup for the 2014 Moto2™ World Champion.
Isaac Viñales (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) got his hands on the 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10RR as he tested both the 2020 and 2021 models which features big electronic and engine changes. Christophe Ponsson (Alstare Yamaha) finished in 18th place with his team having undergone a restructure over the past few weeks, while new MIE Racing Honda Team signing Leandro Mercado was 19th on his debut for the team. Samuele Cavaliere (TPR Team Pedercini Racing) rounded out the 20-strong field as the Italian focussed on race simulations and long runs to get up to speed on Kawasaki machinery.
MotoAmerica: Gagne Fastest In Superbike Test Session 6 At COTA
Jake Gagne posted the fastest lap time during MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike test session six Wednesday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA).
Gagne, the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship runner-up, did a 2:09.698 on his Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha YZF-R1, and that time was close to Gagne’s best from Day One, a 2:09.297, in spite of much cooler and windier conditions on Wednesday.
Instead of going for fast single lap times or a setup specific to COTA, Gagne said he and his new crew are trying a lot of different things on his bike to find a better baseline setup to start the 2021 season with.
“We tried a different engine braking setup, a different thought process,” said Gagne. “We tried some different gearing and wheelbases. We tried a short bike and a long bike, stuff like that just to see what it’s like.
“This place is really good for testing because it has a little bit of everything: slow corners, fast corners, hard braking. It even has bumpy sections so we can test suspension stuff over that.”
After testing a new swingarm most of the day on Tuesday, Bobby Fong went back to his 2020-spec swingarm on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000 in session six and did the second-best lap, a 2:09.925.
Loris Baz had led every session to this point of the two-day test, but Baz crashed his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R in Turn One early in the session. Baz said he got into Turn One too hot, ran wide while trail braking, and tucked the front.
“We also made a big change and it’s much cooler than yesterday,” Baz told Roadracingworld.com. “It was a very small crash. I didn’t even come in the box. I picked up the bike and kept making laps.”
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MotoAmerica: Baz Quickest As Conditions Improve At COTA Test
Loris Baz was quickest again during MotoAmerica Superbike test session five Wednesday morning at Circuit of The Americas.
Riding his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R on a damp-but-drying track, Baz led the session with a time of 2:16.645.
That’s far off the 2:08.595 Baz did Tuesday afternoon, but it is an indication that track conditions are improving.
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MotoAmerica: Escalante P1 In Final Supersport Test Session At COTA
MotoAmerica: Bicknese Tops Final Junior Cup Test Session At COTA
Hayden Bicknese crashed his Altus Motorsports Kawasaki Ninja 400 in the final MotoAmerica SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup test session, but not before he turned the fastest lap time in the session, a 2:31.859.
Ben Gloddy, the leader of six of the other Junior Cup test sessions, crashed his Landers Racing Kawasaki Ninja 400 without injury early in session eight and did not record any lap times. The 2:29.874 Gloddy did in session seven held up as the fastest lap time among the Junior Cup testers.
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MotoAmerica: Gagne Heads Superbike Test Session 7 At COTA
Editorial Note: The “Scheibe Test Rider” was Max Flinders, who rode the Scheibe Racing BMW S1000RR B bike to ensure it was functioning properly, according to team owner Steve Scheibe.
21_1_DTEST1_SBK_P7_resMotoAmerica: Escalante Tops Supersport Test Session 7 At COTA
MotoAmerica: Gloddy Goes Quickest In Jr. Cup Session 7 At COTA
World Superbike: Rea P1, Gerloff P3 On Day One Of Testing At Catalunya
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Five manufacturers in the top five, Rea fastest on day one of Barcelona test
Reigning Champion Jonathan Rea topped the times on day one as all manufacturers feature in the top five in Barcelona
It was left late to go top of the times in day one of the Supported Test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on the first day of action for MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship machines but, with around an hour left of the session, six-time Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) stormed to the top of the timesheets to take day one honours.
It had been a quiet start for Rea as he found himself in the middle of the timesheets but slowly worked his way up the order, culminating with the Northern Irishman topping the day. Rea had spent the day confirming items on the chassis as well as front forks from Showa on his brand-new 2021 ZX-10RR, but posted a time of 1’40.793s to go fastest as he completed 68 laps, lapping almost one second faster than the 2020 Tissot Superpole fastest time, albeit on a revised layout.
Rea finished ahead of Leon Haslam (Team HRC) with the Honda rider trying new exhaust systems on his CBR1000 RR-R, as well as running with a torque sensor on his bike, with Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) running them close. Gerloff had gone top of the session with around an hour to go but found himself usurped by Rea and Haslam in the latter stages. The American had focussed on longer runs as well as trying a new fairing and brakes on his YZF R1.
Scott Redding (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) had topped the times throughout most of the day with the British rider trying new items around the seat area of his Ducati Panigale V4 R, but finished the day in fourth place, less than two tenths off the pace. He was joined inside the top ten by teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi with the Italian taking eighth in the classification.
The brand-new BMW M 1000 RR immediately showed its potential as Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Jonas Folger (Bonovo MGM Racing) finished fifth and seventh respectively, with Sykes’ BMW teammate, Michael van der Mark, 13th for his new team. BMW had brought a new swingarm, exhaust and winglets to the test as well as durability improvements to the electronics packages. It was an eventful day for Folger who lost crucial track time after a crash around two hours into the session, but he was able to return to the track with a couple of hours left.
Turkish star Toprak Razgatlioglu (PATA Yamaha with BRIXX WorldSBK) finished in sixth for the day as he focussed on refining the package he has with the Yamaha YZF R1, with small details to work on. Teammate Andrea Locatelli, who was focusing on race simulations with the aim of doing one full race simulation per day to continue his evolution from WorldSSP into WorldSBK; Locatelli completing the most laps of anybody with 93.
Making his debut on track with his new team, Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven) completed 65 laps as he posted the ninth best time, almost matching Rinaldi’s time during the day, with very few new parts on the bike for Davies. The Welshman was using this test to get back up to speed after not riding a bike on track for around five months. Alvaro Bautista (Team HRC) was 11th for the day, also trying a new exhaust system on his bike, but after the day admitted he was not at 100% following a small motocross accident last week. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) was in 12th place as his recovery from a shoulder injury continues, as he completed 81 laps during the day as looked to confirm items he had tested at Jerez and Aragon in previous tests, including trying the new Brembo callipers.
Rookie Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) finished in 14th place with the Ducati Panigale V4 R trying a new exhaust system, while Japanese rookie Kohta Nozane (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was 15th as he continues to gear up for his maiden WorldSBK campaign. Tito Rabat’s (Barni Racing Team) session was ended over an hour early with the Spanish rider in 15th place; the team still searching for a base setup for the 2014 Moto2™ World Champion.
Isaac Viñales (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) got his hands on the 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10RR as he tested both the 2020 and 2021 models which features big electronic and engine changes. Christophe Ponsson (Alstare Yamaha) finished in 18th place with his team having undergone a restructure over the past few weeks, while new MIE Racing Honda Team signing Leandro Mercado was 19th on his debut for the team. Samuele Cavaliere (TPR Team Pedercini Racing) rounded out the 20-strong field as the Italian focussed on race simulations and long runs to get up to speed on Kawasaki machinery.
MotoAmerica: Gagne Fastest In Superbike Test Session 6 At COTA
Jake Gagne posted the fastest lap time during MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike test session six Wednesday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA).
Gagne, the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship runner-up, did a 2:09.698 on his Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha YZF-R1, and that time was close to Gagne’s best from Day One, a 2:09.297, in spite of much cooler and windier conditions on Wednesday.
Instead of going for fast single lap times or a setup specific to COTA, Gagne said he and his new crew are trying a lot of different things on his bike to find a better baseline setup to start the 2021 season with.
“We tried a different engine braking setup, a different thought process,” said Gagne. “We tried some different gearing and wheelbases. We tried a short bike and a long bike, stuff like that just to see what it’s like.
“This place is really good for testing because it has a little bit of everything: slow corners, fast corners, hard braking. It even has bumpy sections so we can test suspension stuff over that.”
After testing a new swingarm most of the day on Tuesday, Bobby Fong went back to his 2020-spec swingarm on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki GSX-R1000 in session six and did the second-best lap, a 2:09.925.
Loris Baz had led every session to this point of the two-day test, but Baz crashed his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R in Turn One early in the session. Baz said he got into Turn One too hot, ran wide while trail braking, and tucked the front.
“We also made a big change and it’s much cooler than yesterday,” Baz told Roadracingworld.com. “It was a very small crash. I didn’t even come in the box. I picked up the bike and kept making laps.”
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MotoAmerica: Escalante Leads Supersport Test Session 6 At COTA
MotoAmerica: Gloddy Continues On Top In Jr. Cup Testing At COTA
MotoAmerica: Baz Quickest As Conditions Improve At COTA Test
Loris Baz was quickest again during MotoAmerica Superbike test session five Wednesday morning at Circuit of The Americas.
Riding his Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York Panigale V4 R on a damp-but-drying track, Baz led the session with a time of 2:16.645.
That’s far off the 2:08.595 Baz did Tuesday afternoon, but it is an indication that track conditions are improving.
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