Repsol Honda Team’s Andrea Dovizioso gathered some useful data today during a wet opening practice session at Phillip Island. The Italian finished in sixth, 1.125 seconds off the top time, but despite that he was still pretty upbeat and he is confident there is more to come.
“It was an interesting session and it was worth pushing hard because at this circuit we can have this type of conditions for the race, so we need to know what to expect,” Dovizioso reflected.
“The problem was that the track conditions changed a lot during the session however. We used wet tyres for the whole time and at the beginning of the session when it was fully wet we were quite fast compared to the other riders.
“On my second time out of the pits there was almost a dry line all the way round the circuit, but we didn’t try slick tyres because the temperature was really low and it would have been risky to ride on slicks before they got up to temperature. So we stayed on wet tyres even though they were very worn by the end of the session.
“It was very windy and at the end of the straight the bike wheelies a lot so it was an important test of the electronic controls.
“We still have work to do on the machine settings, but we understand the direction to work in tomorrow and I think we can move forward.”
Repsol Honda Team Manager Toshiyuki Yamaji added: “Andrea has a good base if the conditions stay like this for the weekend. We’ll be ready for whatever the weather throws at us.”
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