Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone ended the second day of running at the Sepang International Circuit on top of the time sheets, the Italian putting his strong pace down to ‘small improvements’ in the set-up of his GSX-RR.
Though poor track conditions hindered the field during the opening hours of the session, Iannone and Suzuki were able to work through an extensive programme today in a relatively short space of time.
The Italian rider started the session trialling some set-up changes that didn’t quite work for him. Rather than changing the bike radically, Iannone’s crew applied slight improvements and this did the trick. In the dying minutes of the session, he put in a 1m59.452s to go top of the pile and dip underneath the circuit record by quite some margin.
Happy enough with his laptime, Iannone was even more satisfied with the team environment and how well they are working. This has given him a big boost in confidence, and he says that this is allowing him to ride much better.
“I’m very happy with today, although we had a short time due to the track conditions, we could do much work and, most importantly, made a step forward,” said Iannone.
“In the early runs we started with some configurations that didn’t make me feel totally comfortable, then when we tried some changes I found much more confidence and the lap times got a huge benefit. They were not radical changes, more small improvements, but they proved to be very effective.
“We are working very well, I am finding an excellent feeling with my team, they are working very hard and very professionally and this gives me a positive attitude that allows me to ride with confidence. Today is a result of this, we improved a lot since yesterday and it is important for us to have found positive improvements.”
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