Andrea Locatelli<\/a> told WorldSBK.com after the opening day of the November Jerez test.<\/p>\n\u201cWe started to work with a new crew chief, with Guilio [Nava], and today it was important for each other to learn and understand what we need.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m quite happy because we\u2019re working really well during the day, we tried some different setups on the bike and I got some good confidence on some ideas that Giulio [brought]. So, honestly, it\u2019s a good day one, I was quite happy with a new tyre, with a used tyre, so [overall] I\u2019m quite happy and quite positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s see [on Thursday]; we have another day, maybe we will try to push a little bit more, maybe we will try some different parts on the bike. So, let\u2019s see but a quite positive day.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Nava, Locatelli added: \u201cWe speak the same language, [which is] also helping a bit in some areas. But I think the mentality of Giulio, the system of working, looks really well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a good technical person, so this is for sure helping us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cQuite happy about day one, no mistakes, working well. We need for sure to make some improvements, but it was the first day for each other, so let\u2019s see what we can do tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m quite happy because I\u2019m riding quite well here in Jerez that normally is a quite difficult track for me, [even] if we\u2019re doing quite well during the race weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Locatelli admitted to being \u201csuspicious\u201d of some of Nava\u2019s ideas initially, but built confidence throughout the day, the Pata Yamaha rider ultimately ending Wednesday as the fastest rider.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I was a bit suspicious to try [Nava\u2019s suggested setup changes], but in the end, lap-by-lap, exit-by-exit, I feel better on the bike,\u201d Locatelli said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, we confirmed that what we tried today \u2013 the ideas of Giulio on the base setup of the bike \u2013 is working well, but for sure we need to confirm [on Thursday], probably in the morning, and then we will focus in another point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manzi: \u201cSomething working, something not\u201d<\/p>\n
WorldSSP Champion Stefano Manzi spent most of the October test simply getting used to the Yamaha R1 he will campaign in World Superbike with GRT next year.<\/p>\n
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The November test, then, has been the first chance for him to start working on the bike setup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good day one, we spin a lot of laps in the end,\u201d Manzi said, speaking to WorldSBK.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was nice to have a good weather all day long. After one month, it\u2019s nice to be back on the Superbike and I enjoy every lap.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, for this test, we start to work a bit with the bike, also because last time we just spin the laps. Now we have more work to do, also for tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the moment I\u2019m quite happy and satisfied about my day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Expanding on the setup changes he made, Manzi said: \u201cWe tried something in the rear, something new, and we tried also something on the electronics side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to have this [electronics adjustment] compared to Supersport from last year, so also for me it\u2019s new to work on this area, and it\u2019s nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cFeeling good, feeling great, but something was working, something not. Then, with something we did a back-to-back with past things, but with something we will keep for [on Thursday].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jerez WorldSBK test taking place this week (26\u201327 November) is the first opportunity for Giulio Nava to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[8074,37209,64,63,133657,806,805,803,804,27363,85],"class_list":["post-312406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-alvaro-bautista","tag-andrea-locatelli","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gytr-grt-yamaha-worldsbk-team","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-pata-maxus-yamaha","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312406","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=312406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}