Ducati Xerox Junior Team Complete Italy Tests
February 26, 2009
Riders Xavier Simeon and Daniele Beretta of the Ducati Xerox Junior team wrapped up testing at the Binneto circuit in southern Italy with good progress made on their machines’ setup.
Despite the cold weather with temperatures never rising above 9 degrees, both riders completed 180 laps of the track each in preparation for the start of their season on 5 April at Valencia. Their next test will be at Valencia on 5 March.
Xavier Simeon:
“It is important, at this stage of the season, to be able to clock up as many kilometres as possible to increase the feeling with my bike. The intense cold was our worst enemy but, thanks to the work of the whole team, we were able to get the planned work done. I had never seen Binetto before so it took me a bit of time to learn this track, so short but with so many corners. A difficult test due to my bike’s power in the lower gears but I made constant improvement with a final fastest time of 47.2 which wasn’t bad for the track conditions. We’ll do three more days of testing at Valencia in March and then the championship gets underway - I can’t wait to start!”
Daniele Beretta:
What Else?“Binetto is new to me and riding a 1000cc bike here is not easy. I am still riding in a way that doesn’t allow me to maximise the potential of my bike but during this test I was constantly improving lap after lap. My best time was 47.9 and the team was happy with this although I would have liked to have been faster. I made as many laps as possible on used tyres to better understand tyre-wear over long distances, an important exercise made more difficult by the cold. We still have time to improve further and this means I am still pretty calm.”
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