With a real fake ad, Sefan Bradl informed his audience that he would take advantage of the Superbike tests which have just taken place at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit to fulfill his role as Honda HRC test rider.
However, at the end of these two days, almost no information was released on the subject.
Why?
Several elements can explain it. First of all, physically, the HRC box was located opposite the Superbike boxes: with such a layout, it was not easy for the journalists present on site to ensure continuous observation to see what was happening. passed…
On the other hand, the three RC213Vs available Stefan Bradl were not equipped with a transponder, which excluded them from Live Timing of the circuit.
Finally, according to our correspondent on site, the German rider only did a few laps on the first day because he did not want to ride at the same time as the Superbikes, then seemed a little ill on the second, probably after having caught a little bit of cold...
Under these conditions, this test seems to prove rather unproductive and only the photos distributed by our colleagues at GPone allow us to see that, at Honda, we still seem to be hesitating between several different frameworks, while on the other hand the new fins seen in Valencia no longer seem relevant.
As for the other teams, we will therefore have to wait to find out more, not the shakedown which will take place at Sepang from February 2 to 4 since this is prohibited from access to the press, but the first official test, which will take place will be held from February 7 to 9 in Malaysia…
It's a pity. First #WinterTest of the year prematurely finished after two exits only today because of healthy issues. #SB6 With #TeamHRC leaving @circuitodejerez pic.twitter.com/Xf0sCbp2fA
- Stefan Bradl (@stefanbradl) January 23, 2020
