Andrea Locatelli ‘not fully there when trying to push, but confidence is high’

Andrea Locat🔯elli says his confidence with the R1 is ‘quite high’, but when trying to push for a fast lap time it’s ‘not fully there’.

Andrea Locatelli
Andrea Locatelli

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrea Locatelli managed to match 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea’s lap time in the closing stages of the Catalunya WorldSBK test, however, the Italian struggled to matcജh Rea’s consistency.

After a brilliant 💟opening round where he could have w🍒on Race 2, Locatelli cemented himself as one of the series’ top riders. 

But feeling less than 100% fit fur to his crash on the final lap of Race 2🍒 in Phillip Island, Locatelli admitted he wasn’t able to get the best from his R1.

Speaking after day-two, Locatelli added: “It𝓀 was an interesting day – It’s always a bit strange riding here compared to some other circuits, we know that on this track we can have some wheel spin compared to Phillip Island.

“In Australia the grip from the new tarmac was incredible, so here is another condition and it is important to learn and know what we can improve in the 🃏set-up to manage this.

“But in the end, I think we did a good job – I have good conf🎃idence and a good feeling on my R1. I am not 100% physically, because when I crashed in Phillip Island, I had some pain in my knee – the confidence on the bike is quite high like alway♐s but my feeling when I am trying to push is not quite fully there.

“We did a lot of laps, understood a lot of things but we will see during the race becaus🦩e that can be another story.”

With Kawasaki competitive in Phillip Island thanks to Alex Lowes, Ducati and BMW being in the mix, and Rea seemingly making a step forward with his R1, challengers for race wins coul🐻d be even higher at round two this wee🐷kend.

But Locatelli wants to focus on what he can control: “We are al൲ways focused only on ourselves during testing to try to do the best job – I was happy we did a lot of laps on used tyr✅es yesterday.

“Unfortunately today during the long run we had a technical🅘 problem so we lost a little bit this opportunity.

“Now I have some days to recover at home and I hope to be figh⛦ting again for the podium next 💜week.”

A𝔉t GRT Yamaha, Remy Gardner was the standout rider particularly on day-one as he challenged Rea for top spot on multiple occasions.

After a 🦩test that also involved a crash on day-one, the Australian said: "💜It was a solid test overall, we did some good work in my opinion.

“We focused on long distance runs and I can sa▨y I'm satisfied with the job done, ♋it was a productive test.

“Unfortunately, a small cras🐼h slowed the whole process on the first day; despite having a decent feeling with the hard soft front tyre, it probably got cold and I ended up crashing at Turn 5.

“That didn't p🍷revent us from improving and our pa🎃ce is good, even though we know there's still margin to improve.

“Unfortunately, I wasn't able to put toget👍her all my best sectors during my fast lap, but we can be confident for the 🔜race weekend."

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