Despite the very strong winds that attacked Valencia circuit today, Troy and his Yamaha Motor Italia team tested a variety of parts and settings and left the track in a positive frame of mind. Troy posted his best lap of 1:34.851 in this afternoon’s session, well inside Neil Hodgson’s 2003 lap record, but it was only good enough for the fifth quickest time. Leading the charge was Troy Bayliss (Ducati), with a lap of 1:34.102, with Spaniard Ruben Xaus (Ducati) second. Third fastest was Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati), just ahead of Max Biaggi (Suzuki) in fourth place.
Generally I think the tests were not too bad. I could feel the differences in everything we tried, whether it was links, forks, calipers or anything else. Some of the new settings were better, some were worse, but that’s what testing is all about - trying out things. The team have made some small changes to the throttle bodies and that has improved the mid-range, which means that the bike is a bit easier to ride.
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