De Puniet and Tsuda complete the Suzuki MotoGP test at Catalunya successfully

The Suzuki MotoGP World Championship test team has completed three days of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with its two test riders, Randy de Puniet on one side and the Japanese rider Takuya Tsuda on the other.

Both riders continue working on the Japanese machine in order to keep preparing for Suzuki’s return to the MotoGP World Championship in 2015, riding on the first day alongside the rest of the MotoGP riders; on the second day alongside Ducati and several Moto2 riders, and on the third day alongside Ducati. During the tests we had a new-specification engine and modifications to the electronic ignition and the chassis.

The weather conditions have not been the best, we’ve had a bit of everything, but they have been able to work quite a lot on the bike. De Puniet set the fastest lap of the Suzuki on the first day, with a time of 1:43.683, and over the three days he completed 200 laps of the Catalan circuit. Tsuda, who supported De Puniet by evaluating the new parts and updates, added up a total of 103 laps over the three days.

Statements from Randy de Puniet:

It has not been an easy period, we’ve had bad luck since Sepang, with many rainy days in other tests. But it was important to be here with all the other MotoGP riders to see our potential; we still have to keep working on the electronics side to improve our performance.

We have tried many different things in the electronics, engine specifications and also with the chassis. I have had better feelings with some of the solutions and we have found a good direction. We still have many testing days this year and we have time to make new developments.

Source | MotoGP official website