Ducati's Two-Day Misano MotoGP Test: More Small Steps, And Chassis Updates

The Ducati Corse department have had a busy two days at Misano. Alongside the Ducati World Superbike squad of Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini, Ducati's full MotoGP program was at the circuit, with both factory riders, Andrea Iannone, Alex de Angelis (who is to replace Ben Spies at Laguna Seca), and both test riders.

They also had plenty of things to test and evaluate. Ducati had brought another new chassis, a revised version of the lab bike version previously tested by both Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden, and being raced by Michele Pirro. That chassis spent most of its time in the hands of Dovizioso, the Italian declaring himself satisfied with the improvements made. Dovizioso told Italian site GPOne.com that the chassis was slightly better on corner entry, though the understeer remained once the throttle was opened. He intends to race the chassis at the Sachsenring next weekend, though so far, there is only one of the chassis available, meaning he would have to use two bikes with two different chassis at the tricky German circuit. Dovizioso also admitted that he did not have a base set up yet for the new chassis, as it was too different from the standard chassis to be able to use the set up he had been using so far.

Source:

http://www.gpone.com/en/2013070410738/Dovi-in-Germania-con-un-nuovo-tela...

http://www.gpone.com/en/2013070410739/Test-Misano-De-Angelis-Ducati-che-...

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