Stoner pleased with 1,000cc progress
Added on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor
Stoner pleased with 1,000cc progress
Casey Stoner was impressed with the new prototype Honda RC213V, as he got on board the 1,000cc Honda for the second time in Brno.
In the official post-race test, Stoner posted the fastest time of the day at 1:56.168, as he continued the development of the 2012 Honda.
As well as the new engine, a raft of electronics updates were put through their paces and now HRC engineers will now take time to evaluate this data from both Stoner and Dani Pedrosa to decide how to proceed with the development of the new machine.
“Today was another good shakedown but we still have some work to do,” said Stoner. “We found a few positive things and confirmed certain directions to take and move forward. We had a few small problems with chatter but it’s something that shouldn’t be too difficult to sort out through engine braking and engine management systems, which are areas we can definitely improve in, along with the chassis.
“The engine for me is fantastic, to ride the 1000 with more grunt and more power it’s a lot of fun, it has incredible acceleration, most of the time too much! We tested a couple of the new tyres and had some issues, the traction didn’t feel that great and they seemed to create a lot more chatter so we went back to the standard tyres and the chatter seemingly disappeared.
“From the data we have from the first test and this test, we can go away and come back with the next step and take it from there”.
