Casey Stoner continues his HRC MotoGP tests at Motegi

Rider Casey Stoner was unable to ride again yesterday due to the terrible weather conditions, although fortunately today the weather gave the HRC test team at the Motegi Circuit a break. In the morning, Stoner rode the MotoGP RC213V and in the afternoon he also got on the MotoGP customer racing bike of Honda, a prototype developed on the basis of the RC213V.

Even though this has been his first contact with this test prototype, Casey has ridden at times that are no less impressive than those achieved with the RC213V. Honda is developing this bike with the firm aim of allowing teams and riders to compete in MotoGP in 2014 with a reasonable budget. But conditions became difficult again around 16:00, and they decided to end the training session early.

It seems that the rain and weather conditions did not allow Stoner and Honda to work properly during the tests, although on this occasion they were able to ride more and try various things, so the feedback was very interesting.

Stoner’s statements:

Unfortunately, the weather once again played an important role in this test, so it was a bit frustrating not being able to spread all the work over two days. We tried to do everything today, but it was a bit difficult and, besides, we again faced the threat of rain. We started with the current model, trying to find a base setup and work from there. We had two versions of the chassis to test and, in my opinion, there are major changes and improvements. We also tested the production bike and it was more impressive than I had expected. It has similar feelings to our current bike, although with less power and different feelings in the engine braking and the chassis. With some small modifications I think this bike will be competitive and I’m already looking forward to the next test with it. Overall it was a good day, but a very busy one!

Source | Repsol Media service