Iker Lecuona is anticipating a “powerful” first look at Balaton Park for this weekend’s Hungarian WorldSBK.
The manufacturing spinoff collection 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 structure there.
Forward of the race this weekend, he has strengthened 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 structure, and that he’s anticipating it to be tough to make a Superbike work effectively there.
“We come to Balaton after a demanding race weekend within the UK, and we now anticipate one other powerful one albeit for various causes,” Lecuona mentioned.
“What we took from Donington anyway is that if we keep centered and work in the precise approach, we will actually take advantage of our present bike setup, irrespective of the situations.
“We have to preserve 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 structure will probably be difficult.
“Having mentioned that, it is going to be the identical for everybody, so we’ll attempt to handle it in the easiest way and preserve pushing to proceed the optimistic working pattern 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 optimistic 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 a couple of laps there with a inventory Fireblade, which will certainly assist, because it gave us the possibility to see the structure and not less than know what to anticipate.
“When a monitor is new, it’s at all times each a problem and a chance, so let’s attempt to put the emphasis on the latter, give it our greatest, and goal to finish a very good weekend.”
