Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team is ready for the challenge of the 44th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race.
That’s according to Team Manager Mandy Kainz who was speaking following the two-day official test earlier this month when riders Niccolò Canepa, Marvin Fritz and Karel Hanika were in action.
During these two days, we fine-tuned the bike for the hot conditions in Japan, Kainz explained. There was nothing unexpected, only a few small slides for Marvin. We had some heavy rain at the test, but since we’re an endurance team, we’d be prepared even for snow!
Overall everything went according to plan. We weren't pushing to set qualifying lap times, only working on race pace, so it’s a good sign that we were able to set good times. But, honestly, I don't think it matters that much for the race.
With this test, we could see that we're more or less in a similar position to where we've been in years past. Even with the factory teams here, I think we’re definitely in the top five.
When we come back for the race weekend, we’ll just do our usual plan to make our own race, like we always do. In the test, we saw that YART and Yamaha are working very well together, we've got everything ready, so I can say that we're ready for the race.
Photo: Yamaha Racing
Original Source [ FIM EWC ]
