Cartagena Day2

Day two done and dusted – the guys are still prepping the bike for tomorrow so a good time to update the blog...

Another good day on track, although it was a bit of a shaky start.
At the end of the first session the bike’s belly pan was full of water – coming from a broken radiator.

Without a spare I’ve gotta say I was worried it might have been an early end to our whole test...
Fortunately Padre Tunstall patched it up and we got out for a lap at the end of session two to check the old girl was holding her fluids!

After lunch we got the balance better with the bike set-up [a touch more ride height] & that combined with a fresh rear tyre got me down to lap times as fast as I’ve ever done around.
When I got clear track it was consistent at that pace too – I’m pretty happy with that for the moment and if the forecast rain holds off tomorrow I’m sure we’ll get underneath it pretty quickly.

There’s a lot of BSB guys/teams here and at the moment it’s difficult to judge who’s doing what, though it is fair to say Tommy Hill is going strong. I caught & passed Josh Brookes but I’d be surprised if I could do it so easily come Brands Round 1.

Feels like I’ve done some work today too – blisters on hands and muscles starting to feel it.
Gym work never prepares you totally – all part of the preseason testing process.

Absolutely loving it can’t wait to get back out there...

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