Axel Bassani’s second test on the Bimota KB998 WorldSBK bike saw him🅘 show strong pace over🦂 long runs as well as decent one-lap speed.

Although Bassani said his focus was mostly on race pace, he was also happy with his one-lap speed, which was comparable with his teammate, Alex Lowes, who Bassani called “one of the best riders in the world” wiไth regards to time attacks.

“We worked a lot on race pace, and I am quite happy,” Bassani told Wor⛄ldSBK.com.

“It was really gꦬood, and I am also quite happy about doing a fast lap. I am not the best of all, but we ran the same pace as Alex [Lowes] and he is one of the best riders in the wo🎶rld over one lap. We did more or less the same lap time, so that is really good.

“I think we understand which way we h🐽ave to take during the win📖ter break.

“Now, I think every✱one needs to relax a little bit, to enjoy home and family. For sure we 🧔will think about the bike but it is also important to stop and relax and we will see everyone again next year.”

Bassani’s crew chief, Marcel D⛦uinker, shared Bassani’s optimism about his pace on longer runs, and was overall enthused by the state of the Bimota WorldSBK project ahead o🧜f the break from testing over the winter.

“I think everybody can be happy and satisfied now that we are going into ꦉthe holiday𝓰 period,” said Duinker to WorldSBK.com.

“Axel [Bassani] feels very comfortable𝓡 on the bike and is riding with a lot of confidence. He put on a good show and on both race tyres and SCQ tyres he was one of the🧔 fastest guys.

“His pace on a race tyre was honestly ve☂ry impressive. We also did a long run and tested some small items.

“This wasꦰ only our second day of testing with this machine. We m𒐪ade some small changes to the bike where we knew we needed to improve, and we got some positive results.”