Currently the slowest manufacturer in WorldSBK, Honda are seemingly making big steps forward following a private test in Baꦗrcelona.

The Japanese brand was in action with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Iker Lecuona and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge, both of whom lauded the efforts made by HRC.

Lecuona said: “Overall, it was positive but like always, when you’re alone on track, you can’t compꦗare.

“We had bad luck on Monday as maybe we had the chance to ride with Kawasaki and✱ Alex Lowes but the rain came and what we wanted to try was for the d༒ry.

“So, on Tuesd𓃲ay, we were alone; the track was quite dirty after the storm on Monday and honestly, th♏e afternoon was very, very hot.

“We confirmed that the way ⛦꧟we took at the Cremona test and then the way we followed that at the Misano test and then the Misano round was correct.

“We didn’t have many big things to try but more about th🍎e base setting: fork settings, bike balance and electronics. We 𒐪didn’t do many laps but the ones we did were positive.

“There was good data for Japan to analyse and take the next steps. We kept a good race pace with the track conditions and our fastest lap time was like a Superpole time bu♒t in a race run. Let’s see what happens at Donington Park.”

The positive outing in Barcﷺelona comes after a two-day test in Cremona, where Lecuona admitted he can ride the CBR1000RR-R at the limit.

Lecuona added: “Cremona’s first tes🗹t was important; we went after Misano and we confirm💧ed the direction was right.

“We improved pace, one-lap speed and honestly, got a lot of confidence w꧅ith the bike. Now, I’ve started to feel comfortable on the bike and save a lot of crashes but more than that, I can be on the limit more.

“The window we havꩲe right now is bigger than beไfore. That has helped myself to take confidence.

“I’m really well physically; at Misano, I expected to str𓆉uggle more but I finished quite well; at Cremona’s test, I did long runs and it was good, not 100% ready with the shoulder but good.”

Lecuona’s thoughts were shared by Vierge, who ‘felt competitive’ but was weary of b💎eing confused after suffering ‘completely different feelingsℱ’.

Vierge stated: “We had a positive test and the team did a really good job and made a good decision to test one day later, eve🐼n if we had some slower riders sharing the track with us.

“We need the dry track time to test items a♎nd find the way to follow. For this part, it was positive and I felt competitive; I improved my lap times with the race tyre quite a lot but still, at some points in the day, we got completely different feelings without touching the bike too much.

“This is something we need to uꦍnderstand but it's also easy to have con𒐪fusion.

“In the position we are🌳 in no♒w, we had some positives and negatives and the worst thing that can happen is that you don’t understand what is going on.

“Luckily, I have an incredible team🔴 and my j🌃ob is finished but they have a lot of work to do, analysing the data and find answers to our questions.”