Hayden struggling with the Honda
Posted: 31 Jan 2017, 10:54
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“The first day was not a good day for us,” admitted Hayden. “I really don’t know how to sugar coat it any better. We’re really struggling with edge grip, the bike pumping, and not being stable on the exit of the corners. We never found a direction to go in and nothing really helped the problem.”
“Some of the problems that we had in Jerez are here and maybe even more dramatic, but the edge grip is more of a problem here because in Jerez you can ride it around it a bit and pick the bike up, but here at Portimao so many corners link together. The bike starts sliding and steps out and you’re off-line for the next corner so the problem can keep exaggerating itself here.”
That doesn't sound too promising, although the article does mention they're using a lot of the 2016 bike.
“The first day was not a good day for us,” admitted Hayden. “I really don’t know how to sugar coat it any better. We’re really struggling with edge grip, the bike pumping, and not being stable on the exit of the corners. We never found a direction to go in and nothing really helped the problem.”
“Some of the problems that we had in Jerez are here and maybe even more dramatic, but the edge grip is more of a problem here because in Jerez you can ride it around it a bit and pick the bike up, but here at Portimao so many corners link together. The bike starts sliding and steps out and you’re off-line for the next corner so the problem can keep exaggerating itself here.”
That doesn't sound too promising, although the article does mention they're using a lot of the 2016 bike.