A cool and windy test at Donington𓄧 Park had been the first time the🅰 BSB field had ridden with this year’s newer, slightly softer rear tyre in the UK, but concerns that emerged in the Midlands over tyre life were eased somewhat at a warmer test in Oulton Park.

The Cheshire circuit will host the opening round of the 2025 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:British Superbike Championship on 3–5 May, and provided much warmer cond𒈔itions than at the preceding test at Donington Park when it hosted the final preseason test on 23–24 April.

Following t🎃he test at Donington Park, Leon Haslam told wuqian0821.com of his own concerns over tyre 🍨life, saying “I think everyone had a bit of an issue here with the new tyre,” while adding that he expected the Oulton Park test to be “a different story”.

Speaking to wuqian0821.com at the Oulton Park test, Danny Kent said that he, too, thought that “the whole grid” has been struggling for tyre life at 🉐Donington, and added detail that there is an issue wi꧒th the performance of the tyre after it has been heat cycled – meaning it’s been used on-track, put back in a tyre warmer after the rider has pitted, and then used again.

“At Donington we were struggling – not just me, I think it was 🌠the whole grid, really – that, with a new tyre, the grip was good but when you came in and 𝔍put the tyre warmers on and [went] back out, the tyre would drop off massively,” Kent said, adding that he felt the warmer temperatures at Oulton Park had helped the problem at the final preseason test.

“[It was] probably something to do with the track temperature and the cold wind💮, but coming here the tyre life seems much better than it did at Donington,” he said.

“That was one thing that we knew could be ꦑa prob𓆏lem for the coming season, but it’s been better here.”

He added: “At Donington it was really bad. W꧟e’ve come here and it doesn’t seem to be as b🐷ad as what it was.

“We’re just putting it down to track temperature and wind. So, I gues♔s it’s going to depend on weather on the day.”

DAO Racing Honda rider Josh Brookes confirmed Kent’s comments, and added that Donington’s surface could also be a factor in the difference between the tyre pe🅺rformance there compared to Oulton Park.

“In Donington, the wind chill factor was higher than [at 𝔍Oulton Park], so that cools the surface of the tyre obviously,” he said.

“Then also Donington’s surface, since they’ve resurfaced it, is generally – no matter which bike you’re on – harder on the ty𒁏re, it does sort of grain the tyre surface up unless you’ve got a really sweet setup.

“So, I think it’s a combination 🎃of two factors there.

“Here, he’s [Kent] right and I’ve experienced the same thing; it wasn’t as bad [at Oulton Park] as Donington but it’s still something to worry about 🍸if we don’t find a solution.”