Edwards satisfied with Brno “breakthrough”

Colin Edwards finished the official MotoGP test at Brno fifth fastest on the timesheet as he was able to spend 41 laps assessing different front-end geometry settings and a revised front tyre specification from Bridgestone.

Edwards, who equalled his best result of the season in Sunday’s race with seventh, set a best time of 1’57.512 to finish almost a second faster than his quickest race pace.

Colin Edwards:

“We made a change with the set-up for the race on Sunday and I didn't really have a good feeling with the bike, so we reverted back to the setting I was happy with on Saturday just to try and understand why I wasn't able to run the same pace. I've learned not to race the bike with a setting that we hadn't tested but we thought it would be fine. I tested some different front-end geometry to try and make more progress with the better turning performance we found earlier in the weekend and we've got some more ideas for the future. I tried a new Bridgestone front and I was really happy with that so it was a good test.”

“Although I wasn't happy with the race result, I felt we made a breakthrough with the bike here and I'm really looking forward to challenging for my first top six finish of the season at the next race in Indianapolis.”

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