Jerez’s Ángel Nieto circuit hosts a private test this Monday and Tuesday behind closed doors where Aprilia, KTM, Yamaha and Honda are participating with their test riders and luxury guests such as Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu rode Yamaha’s M1 again. But if there is one brand where this test is important, it is for Honda because it is already planned your tester Stefan Bradl Debut the new chassis you’re working on Kalex.
Bradl will oversee the chassis testing his compatriots in Germany have been doing since they received the order in February, when HRC ran out of ideas to try to fix the problem they had when sending power to the floor of their current RC213v , they did not fit the requirements of Michelin tires and everything was tested gradually.
Since last year, Honda has started a close collaboration with the German engineering firm Kalex, where it first commissioned a swingarm and now a chassis that they also had to deliver earlier than they expected due to the urgency situation. In principle, this chassis will be tested by the official drivers in the post-race test in Jerez on May 1 and by Bradl himself in the wildcard they requested for him in the Spanish GP. But The whole process took two weeks, There is no time to lose.
Although the five championship brands chose the Jerez circuit as one of their three test circuits for this 2023, this time Ducati preferred not to hold tests. So Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia), Stefan Bradl (HRC), Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) and Dani Pedrosa and Jonas Folger (KTM) were called for this test. In the case of Folger, as soon as he finishes his work for KTM with Dani Pedrosa, he will fly straight to Austin, because from this weekend’s Las Americas GP he will cover the absence of the injured Pol Espargaró at the GASGAS Factory Racing. Tech3.
Pedrosa debuted as a commentator
For Dani Pedrosa, this test at the Jerez circuit will be special as he will return to competition due to the granting of a wild card for the Spanish Grand Prix from April 28 to 30. The pilot from Castellar del Vallès is also making his debut today weekends as a commentator for DAZN.
Source: La Verdad
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