We were out after the sidecars and there was a delay of 45min due to an accident on the mountain. This meant we had a short practice session and the sun would be at its worst plus there was the risk of an oil slick on the circuit. As luck would have it there was only one oil spill on the track and that may have been a solo. As we could only get 3 laps in and the biggest changes were to the 600, I decided to run her first for 2 laps. We also had to run down the pit lane to work out what rpm was 60kph for the new speed limit.
The changes we had made had improved the 600’s steering but it had put a lot of weight on the front tyre and I had a couple of front end slides so I decided to change it back a little. The times weren’t the quickest of the week but with the low sun I struggled with visibility on some of the fastest parts of the track. I managed to get a rpm to try tomorrow in the pit lane.
The R1 felt very big and fast in comparison to the 600 and the changes to her were hard to work out early in the lap with a full fuel load. As the lap progressed the handling did improve a lot. This is the problem with long races you have to set the bike up to handle across a range of 22 kg’s of fuel on board. We hope to do 2 laps tomorrow to see if the setup is right for the race.
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