Britain’s Cal Crutchlow made some progress with his electronics package on the second day of MotoGP testing at Phillip Island but says there is still work to do to achieve better setup balance.
However, the Isle of Man resident is hoping that an engine upgrade to that which Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are using will work better with the electronics package his LCR team now have.
“It was a bit of a difficult day as laps were limited again, but the team did a good job in the end because we had to manage the situation and get as much done as possible. I tried a few things to ensure that we were doing ‘average’ laps, knowing that we could be fast when we needed to be. This was good because we never pushed so hard,” said Crutchlow.
“We’ll have to investigate a lot of the things we’ve found out today, and I’m sure tomorrow too, because when we leave the Phillip Island test it’s all going to be important information for Qatar - where we have the next test and the first race.”
“We need to look at things quite closely at the moment because electronically we are still really struggling to find the best balance with the bike. We were, however, using the 2015 engine today, so maybe in Qatar things will be a little bit better for us anyway when we should be using a more updated version.”
