News 26 Mar 2013

Staring completes MotoGP pre-season ahead of Qatar debut

Bryan Staring has completed his first MotoGP pre-season with a promising performance at Jerez in Spain.

Bryan Staring will make his MotoGP debut at Losal in two weeks time.

Bryan Staring will make his MotoGP debut at Losal in two weeks time.

Bryan Staring has completed his first MotoGP pre-season with a promising performance at Jerez in Spain, despite the majority of his tests being rain-affected in 2013.

According to a release from Honda, Staring was not too pleased to see more rain at Jerez and found it difficult to motivate himself to test, but he put in 41 laps while testing the general set up of the track on his GO&FUN Honda Gresini CRT machine.

The West Aussie set his fastest lap of the day at 1:43.525s on lap 31, which placed him 20th, but Staring was not chasing a fast lap time on day three.

His primary aim is to establish the best possible base line settings for his machine that will allow the team to build on and improve overall performance in every department.

“I am not particularly happy today,” Staring admitted. “In the morning the rain affected our work and after remaining idle for several hours at the box I got off the track for the race simulation particularly unmotivated.

“Also there were parts of the track with patches of moisture that I conveyed tranquility and thinking of little more than a week will begin my adventure in MotoGP World Championship did not want to make mistakes.

“So now my thoughts turn to Qatar for a first world [championship race in MotoGP], which is for me particularly stimulating.”

Staring will be the lone Australian on the MotoGP grid at Qatar’s season opener on 5-7 April.

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