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Randy de Puniet had his debut on the new season's version of the Honda RC212V at the initial test in Malaysia, he
collated important data to follow up on at the next testing which occurs at the end of February.
Finishing 110
laps over Thursday and Friday at Sepang, De Puniet claimed a best lap time of 2’03.043, though his main objective was
to become accustomed to the bike.
“The first outing on the new bike has been a bit tough for us,” says
De Puniet. “The bike looks good but after few laps I felt that the feeling was quite nervous. So we have worked a lot
on the set up especially on chassis regulations and suspension settings. After that I could ride with much more confidence
and we started a long run, getting a good pace on hard tyres.”
He adds: “This morning (Friday) we have
been trying several adjustments; some were good, but there is a lot more work that is yet to be done. We rode another long
run today (about 17 laps) and, at the end of the day, I went out on soft tyres but the surface temperature was not as good
as I expected. I know that the 13th position on the timesheet is not brilliant but we were not looking for lap times ultimately.
We gathered important data for the next test session to have clear ideas about the direction we have to follow.”
De Puniet and the LCR Honda squad arrive back to action in the next Sepang test, occuring February 25th to 26th.
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