This weekend, the center of interest in motorcycle racing is in Argentina, which is hosting the WSBK championship and its related competitions. If the MotoGP goes to Termas de Rio Hondo to honor its meeting in these latitudes, the World Superbike has taken up residence on the San Juan track. A site that the pilots criticized at the end of the first day, because of a track whose condition is debated.
Year over year, lap times were four seconds slower in WSBK on the San Juan route. And yet, it wasn't raining. On the other hand, the dust was very present and the asphalt had no grip. A real construction site that the commissioners tried to clean up as best they could.
A situation which annoyed the pilots: “ it's difficult to say anything positive about the condition of the track », notes thus Ryuichi Kiyonari. The pilot Honda is surprised by the bad conditions: “ the asphalt is dusty, dirty and slippery, the grip has not improved during the day. »
The team mate, Leon Camier, shares the opinion of the Japanese: “ the conditions made driving difficult, the course is very dirty, it's one of the worst circuits I've ever seen and in some corners I didn't even have to put my knee on the tarmac. »
The Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista was the fastest on Friday. He discovered this track since he completed his first season in the category. “ With these conditions you can't go to the limit and that means you can't really work with the bike »Regrets Baptist. " It is difficult to draw conclusions from the result », commented his teammate Chaz Davies on motosport-total.
The already World Champion Jonathan Rhea was only a tenth of a second slower than Baptist Friday. " Three Ducatis in the first four. Apparently, the circuit belongs to them. If the track wasn't so dirty, the best drivers would be closer to each other », Specifies the Briton.
