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Lorenzo leads but Suzuki steals spotlight

John Hopkins by John Hopkins
June 19, 2013
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Photo courtesy motogp.com

Suzuki has announced a 2015 return to MotoGP competition.

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Fresh from his third win of the season on Sunday, Jorge Lorenzo posted the quickest lap time in Monday’s Official MotoGP™ Test at the Circuit de Catalunya. All eyes were on Suzuki as the Japanese company made a European debut with its 1,000cc, in-line four prototype ahead of a return to the championship in 2015.

On a more overcast day at the Montmelo-based track, the big news was from Suzuki Motor Corporation which announced that – having pulled out of MotoGP™ at the end of 2011 – it would be returning in less than two years’ time. Nobuatsu Aoki was first to ride before Randy de Puniet took over for the rest of the day.

On the timesheets, current title holder Lorenzo led the way with 1:41.908. The Yamaha Factory Racing rider sampled a new fuel tank he had requested, whereas teammate Valentino Rossi worked on gaining a better front end feeling with the M1.

In second place was LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl, looking into setup issues in a bid to dial out his lack of front-end grip.

Ducati Team and satellite outfit Pramac Racing ran back-to-back comparisons of their GP13 and GP13 ‘Lab’ bikes, with Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso ending proceedings in third and fourth places while Andrea Iannone and Michele Pirro were ninth and 11th, respectively.

At Monster Tech 3 Yamaha, Cal Crutchlow sampled the Yamaha chassis evolution as tested by Lorenzo and Rossi in Jerez, while teammate Bradley Smith departed the circuit early in order to undergo a skin graft operation in Barcelona city centre.

The day was broken up by several red flags, one of which was for Rossi, who crashed his Yamaha shortly before 4pm.

There were no such issues for the Suzuki, which ran in a chiefly blue livery.

For sole tire supplier Bridgestone, the order of the day was to test a new rear compound tire, although carrying out meaningful runs was a difficult task as teams were engrossed in their own programmes. The new Hard compound is closer to the current Medium and designed to come into its own towards the end of races.

In the CRT ranks, Hector Barbera ran a new swingarm and electronics package at Avintia Blusens, whereas CRT leaders Power Electronics Aspar looked into suspension and chassis. At NGM Mobile Forward Racing, there was experimentation of a flat, oval-shaped air intake which is claimed to encourage better handling, although the former teardrop form is better for conserving engines. At PBM, the main plan was to test a new shock and exhaust.

Continuing development work with its ECU software for the CRT runners, Magneti Marelli brought an upgrade in a bid to revise wheelie and upshift strategies, while at Cardion AB Motoracing there was a sense of achievement as a technical problem was identified with the spark plugs of Karel Abraham’s bike.

A total of 19 riders posted lap times, with Lukas Pesek completing the field for Came IodaRacing Project.

Test Times

Pos

 

Rider

Team

Fastest lap

Lead. Gap

Prev. Gap

Laps

Last lap

1

LORENZO, Jorge

Yamaha Factory Racing Team

1:41.904

45 / 54

1:53.362

2

HAYDEN, Nicky

Ducati Team

1:41.955

0.051

0.051

71 / 73

4:27.603

3

BRADL, Stefan

LCR Honda MotoGP

1:42.227

0.323

0.272

25 / 31

2:01.512

4

DOVIZIOSO, Andrea

Ducati Team

1:42.417

0.513

0.190

23 / 56

1:48.568

5

CRUTCHLOW, Cal

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

1:42.462

0.558

0.045

4 / 57

2:25.044

6

ROSSI, Valentino

Yamaha Factory Racing Team

1:42.513

0.609

0.051

28 / 57

1:53.059

7

ESPARGARO, Aleix

Power Electronics Aspar

1:42.537

0.633

0.024

57 / 63

2:30.581

8

DE PUNIET, Randy

Suzuki Test Team

1:42.676

0.772

0.139

64 / 73

1:47.707

9

IANNONE, Andrea

Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team

1:42.697

0.793

0.021

64 / 65

2:19.934

10

SMITH, Bradley

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

1:43.180

1.276

0.483

14 / 25

1:54.015

11

PIRRO, Michele

Ignite Pramac Racing

1:43.784

1.880

0.604

69 / 70

1:56.017

12

BARBERA, Hector

Avintia Blusens

1:43.899

1.995

0.115

54 / 54

2:06.481

13

EDWARDS, Colin

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

1:44.183

2.279

0.284

29 / 38

2:00.637

14

ABRAHAM, Karel

Cardion AB Motoracing

1:44.458

2.554

0.275

56 / 61

2:33.175

15

PETRUCCI, Danilo

Came IodaRacing Project

1:44.477

2.573

0.019

35 / 49

2:06.580

16

LAVERTY, Michael

Paul Bird Motorsport

1:44.547

2.643

0.070

52 / 53

2:00.014

17

CORTI, Claudio

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

1:44.794

2.890

0.247

48 / 56

2:31.590

18

HERNANDEZ, Yonny

Paul Bird Motorsport

1:45.078

3.174

0.284

26 / 36

1:51.065

19

PESEK, Lukas

Came IodaRacing Project

1:47.379

5.475

2.301

22 / 52

2:01.546

–From motogp.com

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