Just one sleep after a pretty tricky sixth race of 2022 at the Circuito de Jerez-Àngel Nieto, Andrea Dovizioso has been back on track today in order to work on his performances in eight hours of the official IRTA test. Compared to the race weekend, conditions have been slightly fresher with a bit of wind and some clouds above the venue in the South of Spain, yet they could both use the full day of testing.
Dovi used the whole day to work on different settings and details aboard his Yamaha-YZR M1. Following the first six rounds, the Italian still didn’t find the best feeling with his new machine and knows that he needs to further adapt his riding style in order to achieve better results.
Andrea did a total of 66 laps around the 4.4-kilometer circuit and concluded the day with a fastest lap time of 1:38.179 minutes.
With more data collected and new inspirations for the upcoming 15 rounds of 2022, the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team heads home now and starts to prepare the next Grand Prix, that starts in just 10 days’ time at the traditional Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France.
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“It was pretty good, although it’s always physically hard to do a test straight after a race weekend, but at the same time, it’s always important to do it at the same track, because you have the right references to understand what you can try. We didn’t have new material, but we had the chance to use the day to test several settings, whereas during the weekend we don’t have time for that. We tried some different things in terms of weight distribution and other things. In the end, I felt a bit better. The conditions have been different today though compared to the weekend, because there was more wind. Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with today.”