Leon Haslam will be riding for Pata Honda Workd Superbike team next season and after getting permission from BMW Motorrad, the British rider went straight to work for his new squad as he tested the CBR1000RR today at Assen, the team’s home circuit.
German website Speedweek managed to talk to Ronald ten Kate about Haslam’s test (Haslam is still under contract with BMW until the end of the month) and the Dutch team manager reported that the test went well, “There were no crashes, no problems, we were able to try a lot of things. After the test, Leon had a broad grin on his face, as the guys from the team. That’s always a good sign. It wasn’t about doing fast lap times We let Leon test lot of stuff and show him what we can do with the bike. The bike was more or less the same as the one used at Magny-Cours. We started with 16.5-inch wheels and then moved onto the 17 inch ones as they are mandatory next year, ”
Haslam lapped in 1:37.5 (he qualified 5th at Assen with the same time) but he was hampered by his injuries from the last round and wasn’t 100% fit, “We could see that Leon could be only 90 percent. Nevertheless, we were very pleased,” concluded ten Kate.
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