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It was a good day for Suzuki at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, as the factory team leads the scoreboard, with Iannone setting the best time for the second rounds of tests.
Andrea Iannone made great use of the closing minutes and track conditions, achieving great results and leading the day by 0.406 s with the best lap of 1’59.452. Big improvements were also made by rookie Alex Rins, who is getting more and more familiar with his GSX-RR, and was able to get into the 2’00 bracket and climb the classification to 13th place with a best chrono of 2’00.877.
“I’m very happy with today, although we had a short time due to the track conditions, we could do much work and, most importantly, made a step forward,” Iannone explained. “In the early runs we started with some configurations that didn’t make me feel totally comfortable, then when we tried some changes I found much more confidence and the lap times got a huge benefit.”
“They were not radical changes, more small improvements, but they proved to be very effective. We are working very well, I am finding an excellent feeling with my team, they are working very hard and very professionally, and this gives me a positive attitude that allows me to ride with confidence. Today is a result of this, we improved a lot since yesterday, and it is important for us to have found positive improvements.”
As heavy rain hit the track in the evening on 30th January, the teams had to delay the working schedule for the next day awaiting the track to dry and get a better grip, finally being forced to squeeze all the working schedule into a few hours in the late afternoon.
Finally, the engineers could get important information, crucial as this was the day for the introduction of the most important 2017 configurations on the machines, in particular in the set-up and engine. Some steps forward have also been made in the electronics.
“I’m very happy with today, although we had a short time due to the track conditions, we could do much work and, most importantly, made a step forward,” Iannone explained. “In the early runs we started with some configurations that didn’t make me feel totally comfortable, then when we tried some changes I found much more confidence and the lap times got a huge benefit.”
“They were not radical changes, more small improvements, but they proved to be very effective. We are working very well, I am finding an excellent feeling with my team, they are working very hard and very professionally, and this gives me a positive attitude that allows me to ride with confidence. Today is a result of this, we improved a lot since yesterday, and it is important for us to have found positive improvements.”
As heavy rain hit the track in the evening on 30th January, the teams had to delay the working schedule for the next day awaiting the track to dry and get a better grip, finally being forced to squeeze all the working schedule into a few hours in the late afternoon.
Finally, the engineers could get important information, crucial as this was the day for the introduction of the most important 2017 configurations on the machines, in particular in the set-up and engine. Some steps forward have also been made in the electronics.
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