MotoGP: Yamaha Factory Racing Completes First 1000cc Test At Valencia

Despite missing former world champion Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha Factory Racing has now completed the second of the two days of the official Valencia MotoGP test. Rider Ben Spies spent the sessions working through two differing engine specifications and a number of frame and geometry settings on the 2012 1000cc YZR-M1. The data will now go back to Japan with the Yamaha engineers who will work on the next stage of development ahead of the first 2012 test in Malaysia at the end of January. Despite missing the valuable input of team mate Jorge Lorenzo, all the required testing was completed within the two days. At the conclusion of the test Spies was third in the timesheets with a best lap time of 1’32.338 after completing 57 laps.

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