Q8OILS ENSURE AIRWAVES DUCATI GET OFF TO A FLYING START IN SPANISH TESTS
21 March 2007 - Q8 Oils

During 6 days of testing at the Almeria and Albacete circuits, the team’s 999cc Ducatis each covered approximately 1500km with complete mechanical reliability.

So successful in fact that Gregorio Lavilla finished his scheduled a 3-day test at Albacete in 2 days, recording a race simulation time 4.6 seconds faster than last year.
Leon Haslam continued into day 3 to fine tune his settings and investigate fuel-mapping improvements, eventually completing 241 laps. Both riders recorded virtually identical times, with Greg at 1:30.12 on a race tyre and team mate Leon lapping the 3.539km circuit in a time of 1:30.62.

During the test both riders broke the 1:30 mark on qualifying tyres with Greg clocking a time of 1:29.96 and Leon 1:29.85.

After such a successful test Greg was clearly happy with how well things were going as the season approaches saying, “I am pleased with how the test has gone as we completed everything that we had planned to do. We concentrated on problems that we experienced at the end of last season and so far we have not had a problem with any of those things, which I hope will continue into the season! The race run went very well and my times were good. If the bike and Dunlop tyres continue working as well as they have in Almeria and Albacete on the BSB tracks then we will be highly competitive in 2007.”

Leon Haslam was also pleased with his test. “On the whole it was a good test and my aim for Snetterton now is just to acclimatise myself and fine tune the bike for the cooler conditions that we are expecting.”

The Airwaves Ducati team are now looking ahead to their last test at Snetterton on 24-25th March before the season commences at Brands Hatch on April 9th.

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