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Elias leads MotoAmerica testing on new GSX-R1000

Trev by Trev
March 29, 2017
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Toni Elias Leads Day One of Dunlop Preseason Test

Grant Gerloff Leads the Supersport Class at COTA


The two-day MotoAmerica Dunlop Preseason Test got started today at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) with eight 50-minute sessions spread out over the Superbike and Supersport classes and it ended with some familiar names on top of the timesheets.

Yoshimura Factory Suzuki’s Tony Elias came away from COTA Day 1 with the fastest time

In the Motul Superbike class it was last year’s COTA winner Toni Elias leading the way on his brand-new Suzuki GSX-R1000, the Spaniard besting teammate Roger Hayden by .556 in the final session with Hayden’s best coming in the second of four sessions. The two factory Yamahas were next with Monster Energy/Graves Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier third fastest and just ahead of his teammate Josh Hayes.

Cameron Beaubier - Photo by Brian J Nelson
Cameron Beaubier – Photo by Brian J Nelson

Elias lapped at a best of 2:09.547 in the fourth and final session on Tuesday afternoon, just off his best from last year’s Dunlop Preseason test. Beaubier, however, led last year’s test with a 2:08.764 on a qualifying tire and Hayden earned pole position for last April’s race with a 2:09.151, also with a qualifying tire. 

Josh Hayes - Photo by Brian J Nelson
Josh Hayes – Photo by Brian J Nelson

Even though he ended up on top, Elias isn’t completely happy with the front-end feel of his new GSX-R. The Moto2 World Champion and MotoGP race winner also had a crash early in the day.

“It has been a tough and difficult day,” Elias said. “I don’t feel comfortable yet, but it has been a perfect lap because I didn’t make any mistakes, the lines… everything was perfect. Some days you feel much better, for example at the Thunderhill test I felt much better and thought I would be half a second faster but I make mistake a lot. Today, I don’t feel comfortable but I had the perfect lap. The team worked hard and we improved, but I’m still missing some front information. With brakes, without brakes, it’s the same feeling and we need to work on that.”

Toni Elias- Photo by Brian J Nelson
Toni Elias- Photo by Brian J Nelson

Hayden, meanwhile, was fairly pleased with his day.

“The day went pretty good,” Hayden said. “We got to go through a lot of stuff. It was nice to get a dry day in and get to learn more about the bike. We tried out a lot of things. Some were positive, some weren’t, but we were pretty fast all day and that’s good. We’re always looking for a little more, but we were always toward the front every session and the bike, for me, is getting more comfortable. I’m looking forward to another good day tomorrow.”

Roger Hayden - Photo by Brian J Nelson
Roger Hayden – Photo by Brian J Nelson

The Superstock 1000 class was led on the first of two days of testing by last year’s doubleheader winner Bobby Fong on the Latus Motors Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R. Fong turned in a 2:11.887 – 1.542 of a second slower than his qualifying time from last year’s race.

Bobby Fong - Photo by Brian J Nelson
Bobby Fong – Photo by Brian J Nelson

KWR’s Kyle Wyman was sixth overall today and fifth-fastest Superbike with Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz seventh. Genuine Broaster Chicken Honda’s Jake Gagne, Fly Racing/Motul/ADR Motorsports’ Anthony David and Cycle World Suzuki’s Hayden Gillim rounded out the top 10.

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MotoAmerica Dunlop Preseason Test 2017 – Day One – Circuit of The Americas (COTA) – Superbike Times

  1. Toni Elias (Suzuki) 2:09.547
  2. Roger Hayden (Suzuki) 2:10.103
  3. Cameron Beaubier (Yamaha) 2:10.643
  4. Josh Hayes (Yamaha) 2:11.000
  5. Bobby Fong (Kawasaki) 2:11.887
  6. Kyle Wyman (Yamaha) 2:12.191
  7. Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha) 2:12.339
  8. Jake Gagne (Honda) 2:12.921
  9. David Anthony (Kawasaki) 2:13.498
  10. Hayden Gillim (Suzuki) 2:13.728

Garrett Gerloff was the fastest Supersport rider of the day aboard his Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha.

A winner from last year also came out on top in the Supersport class with Monster Energy/Yamalube/Y.E.S./Graves Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff coming out on top of the 19-strong Supersport/Superstock 600 contingent. Gerloff lapped at a best of 2:13.197, off his best from last year’s test of 2:11.987 and his pole time from last year’s COTA Supersport race of 2:11.999.

Like Elias, Gerloff also had a crash, though it was no fault of his own. The defending MotoAmerica Supersport Champion was following Moto3 test rider Gabriel Martinez-Abrego when the KTM-mounted Mexican crashed and took Gerloff with him.

“Today wasn’t too bad,” Gerloff said. “It didn’t start off the best. I had a little incident with another rider and gave my team a little bit of work to do. After that, we put our heads down and worked our way up slowly into the groove. We got into a flow and me and my bike were working together better. It took a little bit of time, but we’re getting pretty close. We have a good setting right now. There are still a few things I’d really like to improve tomorrow that are going to be a big help for the race in a month’s time. I’m excited for tomorrow and I think it’s going to be another good day.”

Grant Gerloff - Photo by Brian J Nelson
Garrett Gerloff – Photo by Brian J Nelson

Gerloff led M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Valentin Debise by .402 of a second with his teammate JD Beach third and .764 of a second off his pace. KTM RC Cup Champion Brandon Paasch made his Supersport debut a good one, setting the fourth fastest time despite a crash in the third of four sessions. Ridikulous Racing’s Daytona Anderson rounded out the top five on day one.

Valentin Debise - Photo by Brian J Nelson
Valentin Debise – Photo by Brian J Nelson

MotoAmerica Dunlop Preseason Test 2017 – Day One – Circuit of The Americas (COTA) – Supersport Times

  1. Garrett Gerloff (Yamaha) 2:13.197
  2. Valentin Debise (Suzuki) 2:13.599
  3. JD Beach (Yamaha) 2:13.961
  4. Brandon Paasch (Suzuki) 2:17.311
  5. Daytona Anderson (Suzuki) 2:17.505
  6. Nick McFadden (Suzuki) 2:17.728
  7. Lucas Silva (Yamaha) 2:18.854
  8. JC Camacho (Yamaha) 2:20.478
  9. Brandon Cleland (Suzuki) 2:20.582
  10. Jody Barry (Yamaha) 2:22.125

 

Tags: Bobby FongBrandon ClelandBrandon PaaschCameron BeaubierDavid AnthonyDaytona AndersonGarrett GerloffHayden GillimJake GagneJC CamachoJD BeachJody BarryJosh HayesKyle WymanLucas SilvaMathew ScholtzMoto AmericaMotoAmericaNick McFaddenRoger HaydenToni EliasValentin Debise
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