Day Two Of Testing In The Books In Spain
[caption id="attachment_17893" align="alignright"
width="300"] "For sure these last two days we've been unlucky with
the weather and couldn't practice for many laps," said Jorge
Lorenzo, the newly crowned MotoGP champion.[/caption]
Rain put on a damper on the second day of MotoGP testing in
Valencia, Spain, keeping many of the motorsports riders sidelined for
most of the day. A dry line developed in the late afternoon,
Ultimate Motorcycling reports, allowing most racers to use
prototype machines on the final day of racing.
Dani Pedrosa
clocked the fastest time of the day, closely followed by Cal
Crutchlow, Stefan Bradl
and Nicky Hayden.
For many of the riders, this was the first opportunity to test the
2013 prototypes of highly anticipated bikes like the Ducati
Panigale 1199.
The Yamaha team moved from Valencia to the nearby circuit in
Aragon, hoping to find better weather to get testing in before the
winter break. They ran into the same inclement weather, however,
and only managed to get in a partial day of riding.
"For sure these last two days we've been unlucky with the weather
and couldn't practice for many laps," said Jorge
Lorenzo, the newly crowned MotoGP champion. "It was important
to get practice here...so we can give as much information as
possible to the engineers so they can keep working over the
winter."
The next round of testing will take place in Sepang, Japan, at the
end of November.