With rain, strong winds and cold temperatures, the first day of testing at the Valencian Circuit had far from perfect conditions and therefore many riders decided not to go out on track. Only 11 regular riders from the 125cc and 250cc class left their warm boxes with a transponder on their bike and joined the [...]
As reported earlier, several members of Team Aspar visited the FITUR tourism fair in Madrid yesterday. Jorge Martinez, Sergio Gadea, Bradley Smith and Alvaro Bautista started their visit at the stand of sponsor Comunidad Valenciana where they met a few other sport stars. Alvaro Bautistaand tennis star David Ferrer fought a match of Wii tennis [...]
With the preseason test in Jerez barely over and several members of Team Aspar being at the IFEMA Tourism Fair in Madrid yesterday, they have only little time to relax before the next test in Valencia this weekend.The entry list confirms all Team Aspar riders to take part in the test plus several other riders [...]
Several riders of Team Aspar and Jorge Martinez will be present at the IFEMA Tourism Fair in Madrid today where they visit the stands of their sponsors Diputacion Valencia, Comunidad Valencia and Sol-Mar. Aspar, Sergio Gadea, Bradley Smith and Alvaro Bautista will start at the Diputacion Valencia stand on 10am and conclude their visit about [...]
Julian Simón 1′47.125 (66 laps) “Today we played a lot with the carburettor and have adjusted the bike to the maximum so that at the end of the day we were able to be very fast. I wasn’t limited, but all day I lacked a little power. Later we tested some tires and with the [...]
Álvaro Bautista 1′43.488 (53 laps)“To be honest I didn’t think that we would be so fast in these temperatures, but we have done a great job. Yesterday I was already satisfied to be within the 1′43 and today we just tested some small details to try and progress. We have discarded some things and the [...]
Once more the Team Aspar riders were the dominating force on the final day of the Jerez test. Both Alvaro Bautista and Julian Simon continued their strong form and finished on top in their classes, both also breaking the respective laprecord.Testing continues for Team Aspar in Valencia later this week.
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1. Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia) 1.43.488 (53 [...]
Julian Simón 1.47.908 (50 laps)“It was a pretty positive day. We have continued adjusting the settings of the bike and tested many modifications on the front. We even tested two different forks. Dunlop has given us the opportunity to prove new tires, rear and front, and the result was very good, because I have lowerd [...]
