Another difficult day for Elias as he works hard to re-adapt
On a typically sweltering Malaysian day, Dani Pedrosa threw down the marker early, improving his Tuesday lap time by almost 1.3s to on the fourth of his 39 laps to finish the day with one of the fastest laps ever of the 5548m circuit.
The day wasn’t as kind to Toni Elias (LRC Honda MotoGP). His re-entry into the premier MotoGP class after a one-year hiatus continued to be a challenge, with the 2010 Moto2 World Champion carding the 19th fastest time. The Spaniard made a number of changes to correct issues with braking and direction change, and he was confident that there was more to come on Thursday.
The test concludes on Thursday before a 19-day break, after which the teams will reconvene at Sepang for the second test of the pre-season.
Toni Elias (LCR Honda MotoGP): 19th, 2m, 4.026s
“It has been another full day for us as we are trying several solutions to find the right setting. I still have a strange feeling in the braking and in changing direction in the curves, so we had to change many things during the whole session. We are still very positive as we do have the experience, the will and the parts to improve our performances.”
Source: Honda Racing