Honda rounds out 2012 with Jerez test
The Honda World Superbike Team has completed its 2012 programme with a two-day test at Jerez in southern Spain. The team's 2013 all-British rider line-up of Leon Haslam and Jonathan Rea spent the final testing opportunity of the year with new chassis components and a completely revised electronics package for the CBR1000RR Fireblade racing machines.
Rea, who won two World Superbike races during the 2012 season, concentrated on the new electronics package on Monday, starting at a relatively slow pace before he and his crew began to fine-tune the system on day 2. Rea's total of 169 laps (almost 750 kilometres!) produced a best time of 1 minute 42.108 seconds.
Haslam, meanwhile, continued to familiarize himself with the CBR for the first time in three years, making a variety of set-up changes before he and Rea took part in a race simulation at the end of the day, when Haslam set his fastest time of 1 minute 42.309 seconds in his 152 lap stints.
