Iker Lecuona is anticipating a “robust” first look at Balaton Park for this weekend’s Hungarian WorldSBK.
The manufacturing by-product sequence will head to Balaton this weekend (25–27 July), simply over a month forward of the Hungarian Grand Prix on 22–24 August, for the primary Hungarian World Superbike spherical since 1990.
At a take a look at, with inventory bikes, on the circuit in June, Honda’s Iker Lecuona admitted that he didn’t benefit from the format there.
Forward of the race this weekend, he has bolstered that opinion, and added that he anticipated it to be “difficult” to arrange a Superbike for the monitor.
Lecuona mentioned that he doesn’t just like the Balaton format, and that he’s anticipating it to be troublesome to make a Superbike work properly there.
“We come to Balaton after a demanding race weekend within the UK, and we now count on one other robust one albeit for various causes,” Lecuona mentioned.
“What we took from Donington anyway is that if we keep targeted and work in the proper means, we will actually profit from our present bike setup, regardless of the circumstances.
“We have to hold the identical mindset in Hungary as a result of, truthfully, I don’t actually just like the monitor.
“We did a brief take a look at there with the inventory CBR, and I really feel that adapting the Superbike to that format will probably be difficult.
“Having mentioned that, it will likely be the identical for everybody, so we’ll attempt to handle it in one of the best ways and hold pushing to proceed the constructive working development we’ve had over the previous few rounds.”
Vierge: Inventory take a look at “will certainly assist”
Xavi Vierge approaches Balaton with a barely extra constructive outlook than his teammate, feeling the take a look at on the manufacturing bike ought to “positively assist” HRC on the Hungarian Spherical this weekend.
“Balaton is a brand new monitor for everybody,” mentioned Xavi Vierge forward of the Hungarian Spherical.
“We accomplished just a few laps there with a inventory Fireblade, which will certainly assist, because it gave us the prospect to see the format and no less than know what to anticipate.
“When a monitor is new, it’s at all times each a problem and a possibility, so let’s attempt to put the emphasis on the latter, give it our greatest, and intention to finish a great weekend.”
