MOVISTAR YAMAHA COMPLETE THE VALENCIA TEST COLLECTING VALUABLE DATA

“Today we worked on further analysing the difference between the chassis and especially the engines. We focused on the development of the bike rather than the time attack and we made decent progress. Though the riders weren’t able to improve on their time from yesterday and had a different feeling on the bike due to the change in track conditions, we were able to gather some important data. Maverick and Valentino’s feedback has been very similar, which is positive, as it gives us a clear direction to work in. Over the next week we will combine the data with the riders’ feedback, so we can prepare further options to try at a private test in Sepang. We hope for at least one day of rain there, so we can make a step in the wet conditions, which was one of the main points for improvement throughout the 2017 season.”

“Today we were working on the engines and trying to understand this side very well, so we would know which direction to take and I’m quite happy. We worked well over these two days. Sure, yesterday I felt more comfortable on the bike. The track conditions changed a little bit, but I’m satisfied anyway. The team was working well and the good feeling came back, so it’s nice to end the test like that. In Sepang I will start the private test as I ended the GP there, because I felt quite good in qualifying, so this is a good point of reference. I hope for at least one day of rain in Malaysia, that would be perfect for us, to try the bike and the electronics and it would also be good to try the new engines in the wet.”

“Today we had some work to do, because we had to test and decide on some different engines. It was a long day, but it was positive. We concentrated on that and also tried some other things, nothing great, but in the end it was not so bad. Like I said, we mainly tested on the engines, so I don’t know about anything else yet. We’ll see in Malaysia.”