Kawasaki rider Rea set the pace on the opening day of the test on Tuesday, posting a 1m40.722s, but Yamaha’s Razgatlioglu responded on Wednesday with a blistering best time of 1m39.616s.
That was almost half a second quicker than this 2021 pole time at the Portuguese track, and enough to beat Rea by 0.235s.
The Portimao test marked the first on-track action for Razgatlioglu and Yamaha teammate Andrea Locatelli, who sat out last month’s Jerez test in which Rea and Kawasaki set the pace.
“After a long time, we ride for first time yesterday and I am very happy to be back with the team and on my bike,” commented Razgatioglu. “On the first day, we try the electronic updates and we work through every session to try to find the best set-up. Also, [on Wednesday] we were working a lot to find a good set-up but it is not 100 percent yet because this is all still very new.
“This is step-by-step and now Yamaha will look at the data and we try again at the next test. I’m very happy with…
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