I feel good on the bike - it stops and turns well, but it isn’t going fast enough yet. All it needs is a bit more power and I hope we can get that pretty soon - hopefully for Donington. I think all of us have had some tyre problems here and that has been a bit frustrating, because I’m sure I could’ve gone quicker. I’m pretty happy with a new front we tried here and would’ve liked to tried some more, but they didn’t have enough for me to make more tests.
The wind was very strong today and it seemed to keep changing direction and that caused a few problems. Going into turn one, I had the bike leant over, but then the wind picked it up and pushed me more upright. That meant I ran in too deep and had to take to the gravel! But I kept it upright OK, rode through the gravel and back on to the track, so no big drama. That was the only ‘moment’, otherwise all was OK and I’m happy that we managed to get through as much as we did and I’m looking forward to the fruits of all the work.
Overall results - Laps - Best lap
1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 165 1:34.102
2 Xaus (E-Ducati) 96 1:34.565
3 Lanzi (I-Ducati) 120 1:34.584
4 Biaggi (I-Suzuki) 144 1:34.708
5 TROY CORSER (Aus-Yamaha) 129 1:34.851
6 Haga (J-Yamaha) 92 1:35.029
7 Nieto (E-Kawasaki) 97 1:35.410
8 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda) 78 1:35.470
9 Neukirchner (D-Suzuki) 92 1:35.532
10 Laconi (F-Kawasaki) 124 1:35.639
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