Pre-Season Testing
Following my last operation to have the pin removed
from my leg, a result of breaking my leg at
the Donington World Superbike round in 2012, last
September it has been a long wait to get back on
track. After parking the Triumph 675R that I have
raced over the past two seasons we have gone with
the Kawasaki ZX-6 for the forthcoming season and
four day on track in Spain at the Circuit Monte
Blanco was the perfect way to get the season underway
and test out the new bike. Perfect weather
and lots of track time meant that myself and the
team are already back in full flow despite the extra
long winter break. The track itself was set out in
two layouts, two days on each. The first being a fast
a flowing lap looking much similar to tracks like
Misano and the second consisting of hard acceleration
and fast straights with high entry speed and
often tight corners one after the other meaning that
I was able to become accustomed to the new bike
in all different styles of corner, straight, braking and
acceleration. As if this wasn't good enough on the
final day of testing I was able to have some one on
one training with British Superbike champion
Tommy Hill where we worked extensively on corner
entry much improving my speeds in the first half of
the corner and giving me much to work on in the
coming rounds. Overall it was the perfect start to
the year and with the first NG Road Racing round at
Brands Hatch race circuit only a week away I am
looking forward to getting some good results under
my belt.