Ecstar Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales has tested the new seamless gearbox for the first time during a private MotoGP test at Sepang and has a ‘positive impression’ of the system and how it works with the spec electronics. Vinales was supported in the two-day test by Takuya Tsuda and Nobuatsu Aoki, who ran many laps to supply Suzuki’s R&D department in Japan with useful information and data before the winter break. Team-mate Aleix Espargaro was absent due to a motocross injury. “These two days have been very intense; we tested many many things and I’m happy because I could try the 2016 electronics. The first touch was positive and it left me with the feeling that it has a great...
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