{"id":28095,"date":"2025-07-28T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28095\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:29:12","slug":"big-step-since-misano-for-ryan-vickers-balaton-long-lap-needs-to-be-improved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28095\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBig step since Misano\u201d for Ryan Vickers, Balaton long lap \u201cneeds to be improved\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Ryan Vickers says the long lap penalty lane \u201cneeds to be improved or looked at\u201d in the future after he \u201cnearly crashed\u201d in Race 2 at the Hungarian WorldSBK.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vickers showed strong pace on Sunday at Balaton Park, after not being able to finish Race 1 due to being caught up in the turn two incident that brought out the red flag.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The British rider was fighting in the top-10 in Race 2 when he was given a long lap penalty for cutting one of the chicanes and not giving up enough time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Afterwards, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Superbike<\/a> rookie said his Hungary pace was the result of improvements made since the Emilia-Romagna Round, but also voiced his frustration at not only receiving the long lap penalty but also for the condition of the track where the penalty lane is located.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt has been a big step since Misano, we have been improving,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1044098\/ryan-vickers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Vickers<\/a> said, speaking to WorldSBK.com after Race 2 at Balaton.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe arrived here at a good level, learning with the bike. We were in the top-10 in every session bar one.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe got our best result on an iffy track in the sprint race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAn amazing last race, fighting for P6. We were working our way up, battling with great riders.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUnfortunately I got a long lap because it\u2019s difficult to know how much time to give back when you go through the chicane.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI tried to exaggerate the gap to the riders behind but obviously it was not a second. So I was a bit annoyed by that.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe long lap, there is a crazy bump at the start, something which needs to be improved or looked at. I nearly crashed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat was unfortunate, we went through the gravel. I returned to the track doing good times. The pace was amazing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUnfortunately I had a little crash at the end. I was definitely angry. I was pushing the limit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI thought maybe I could catch the guys for P12, I was closing in. I was a bit quicker. I don\u2019t stop pushing until the chequered flag \u2013 but we learn each time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Superpole Race resulted in a seventh for Vickers, who admitted the mixed conditions are not his preference despite his experience in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/bsb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BSB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Being a British rider, you\u2019d think I might suit those conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut it\u2019s my least favourite condition!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen often where you go out on a damp track on slick tyres. That is my only point which I don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf it\u2019s full wet, or wet tyres on a dry track, no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vickers gave credit to his Motocorsa team for helping him to make the correct decision on tyre choice.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThanks to the team we made the right decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI wanted an intermediate front and a slick rear. I think it could have still worked but the team said \u2018trust us\u2019.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe track dried quickly. The new tarmac here is grippy. I was able to pass riders on damp parts of the track. There were some heart-in-mouth moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking ahead to after the summer break, Vickers says there are still improvements for him to make in his comfort on and understanding of the bike.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cKeep understanding the bike. We changed things, the position of the handlebars.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am understanding more how to ride it, how to brake, where to be seated. It needs a specific type of riding.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe have improvements to make with electronics.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAll this weekend we have improved. We can learn from this, to keep improving our feeling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are in the ballpark with the chassis, not changing much, and are becoming familiar with the bike.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI can follow the top Ducati riders now more than I could at the start of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Vickers says the long lap penalty lane \u201cneeds to be improved or looked at\u201d in the future&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,27017,806,805,803,804,27016,85],"class_list":["post-28095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motocorsa-racing","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-ryan-vickers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}