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Pre season testing complete |
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Friday, 07 April 2006 |
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Taree’s Damian Cudlin completed the final pre season test of the year for his Phase One Yamaha team this week in cold but dry conditions at the LeMans circuit in France.
The test, which was held over 2 full days, was attended by most of the teams that will compete in the World Endurance Championship including reigning champs Suzuki and younger brother Alex’s Diablo Kawasaki team. Cudlin used the small time he had over the test to learn the technical LeMans circuit and familiarise himself more with the Phase One Yamaha. “It was a pretty hard test for me to be honest” said the young aussie. “I’ve always learnt tracks pretty quickly but found this place real tricky to get right. It’s really technical and only started making sense to me on the last 5 laps of the last day!” Damian said. “Alex said the same thing to me. We both just wanted more track time.” “Still, I made some progress with my feel on the front end, which is my biggest problem at the moment, and worked with Dunlop again to find a good tyre that worked, so I’m confident I’ll be back on the pace for the first race in Assen next week.” Cudlin will spend the remainder of the week in England before heading to Holland for the first round of the World Endurance Championships on the 15/17th. |
