“First test of the year done and it’s been a really good few days for us, the weather has been perfect so we’ve had loads of track time. It’s good to be back with the team, we’ve done a lot of work through this test. I’ve tried so many different versions of the bike here, at least one maybe two per session which is perfect for information and data. It’s really encouraging to have been able to go fast on pretty much all of the settings we’ve ridden and also often when you make quite big changes it takes a bit of time to get used to them and find speed, but that wasn’t the case here. To go fast at the end is good, I made quite a big mistake on the fast lap too, but more importantly testing is to gain information and feeling and I am very happy with what we have achieved. The whole team have done a great job and I’m looking forward to the next test.”

“Overall I’m really happy, having had two months of pretty much nothing but recovery and little training I didn’t know how I’d feel on the bike. I’ve surprised myself a little bit as I didn’t feel too bad with my shoulder or fitness wise either. Over the last two days I have got more confident and comfortable with the bike, which was pretty much the same as it was at Snetterton last year, so it was just about doing laps and getting the feeling back. In that last run we made a little change to the bike which helped a lot and I gained some confidence, it was only seven laps but it was the longest run I’d done over the three days so I’m happy with that. It’s put us in a good direction with myself and the bike moving forward.”

“What a start to the year. I’m feeling mega on the R1, every session we have been out the feeling has improved and we’ve gone faster. I’m really happy to have ended up fastest as we had a few issues at the start of the test so lost a bit of track time. 1’49.228 is quicker than I’ve ever gone around here by some way and I know there are more steps we can take with the package so I am really looking forward to the remaining tests and getting the season started at Silverstone.”

“It’s been a solid start to the year for the team on all counts to be honest. We knew Jason would be quick, he was so dominant in the early part last year but what is very encouraging is he has tried a lot with the bike over these three days and whatever he tried with the bike he was quick. This test was about getting back on the bike for Tarran, so for him to complete pretty much every session, get a good number of laps in and only be 0.5 seconds off the pace is fantastic. Now he needs to continue building up his strength ahead of the start of the year. In Superstock, Tim Neave has really impressed me, we had a few issues to sort at the start of the test but once he got going he just kept improving and his lap time at the end shows the potential of both Tim and the R1 in Superstock-spec.”