MotoGP: Casey Stoner Completes Honda Test
Cycle News Staff | October 30, 2014
Two-time World Champion Casey Stoner completed two days of testing at the Motegi Circuit in Japan today, the first outing on a MotoGP bike for the Australian since October of last year.
Stoner tested the 2015 Honda RC213V on the current spec Bridgestone tires and also rode the bike fitted with Michelins in advance of the series making the switch to Michelins in 2016 as the series spec tire.
“It took some time to get used to riding the bike again after a year off it,” Stoner said in a Honda release. “But everything felt good; I got back into the swing of things pretty quickly and we just got on with the testing program HRC had planned. Day one went pretty well, testing both Marc [Marquez] and Dani’s [Pedrosa] setups on the 2015 prototype machines and analyzing these side by side we found some interesting differences and useful data. We also did some engine development and some other new items Honda brought for this test. Then today we spent some time on the Michelin tires for 2016. All in all it was very positive two-day test and we completed a lot of laps.”
No lap times from the test were released.
