Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Max Biaggi and Yukio Kagayama finished the two-day test at Vallelunga in Italy with the fifth and ninth fastest times respectively.
For Biaggi, Vallelunga is like a ‘home’ event, so he was keen to do well in these two days in preparation for the race towards the end of the season.
Yesterday and today’s afternoon sessions were both very hot, with the track temperature in the 50’s today and nobody was able to lap any quicker than the morning.
Max Biaggi:
“Generally these tests were not so bad, though I am always after something better and I know we still have work to do. We only used race tyres and put in many laps so I think that our fifth position is not so bad. Probably, if we only consider the times on race rubber, I would’ve been second quickest. At the end of these two days our package is not so bad and during the tests we tried many different things including mapping, suspension and engine-braking. We did a lot of work for sure! “
Yukio Kagayama:
“I am a bit disappointed because I lost some time because of some problems. This is my first time at this track and although the layout is not so bad, I feel it is a bit narrow in places and maybe not as safe as other tracks. ”
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