«Yakhnich Motorsport» - Season 2012

TRAININGS JEREZ 20-22/ jan/ 2012

The whole Yakhnich Team arrived in Jerez for the first team training of the 2012 season. Not so cold temperature but sunny weather conditions allowed to the team to start a good setting program for all riders.

Vladimir Leonov started to work with is mechanics to finalize the choose beetween two different suspensions sets, and beetween two differents engine configurations.

Immediatly from friday the 20.th the feeling of the rider with the bike started to be good, and we saw it on the crono: just after a couple of “warm up” runs, the laptimes started to be interesting: 1’46, then 1’45, the, in the begining of the afternoon even an astonishing 1’44”9... just the tenth of second to the official Supersport record of the Jerez circuit (setted in 1’44”6).

Really not bad start of the season for Yakhnich team especially if we consider that we are working with not perfect asphalt condition and with the Pirelli SC2 in front and rear, abosolutely not the best compound for laptime attack.

Saturday and Sunday we continued on that direction. The testing program was a little bit stopped in saturday afternoon, due to some electric and engine problems, so the program was deleted of some sessions. Sunday the weather in the middle of the day was sliglty wormer, and the program was completed, improving still the already good performances. Infact, as on friday the rithm was setted around 1’45”, on sunday Leonov was able to ride for many laps under that limit, and fixing the best lap in 1’44”7, just 1 thenth of second to the record!

During the days Vladimir had the possibility to discuss about lines and riding style with our “special” trainer Randy Mamola, and he was happy to apply immediatly some suggestion to improve hi performances from friday till sunday.

Vladimir Leonov: “I’m happy with the feeling with both bikes we tested. They have different riding caractheristic, but what is good is that both was fast in the same way. I hade to change my riding in some points passing from one suspensions configuration to the other, but at least we had good informations to go on with the development in next training in Almeria”.

On the other side of the box Sergey Vlasov started with a calm rithm to came back to riding after this winter operation to the knee. He is testing is Stock 600 R6 that will be used in Coppa Dei Due Paesi Trophy.

It was a very good beginnig even for him, as, after roling up the new engine for a couple of session, he started to push, up to arrive to 1’51”4, close to confirm his personal record of 1’51”0 in this circuit setted last year after a thre days training.

Vlasov is working with a new mechanich group and the day was used even to create the good feeling in the box, with all staff smiling at the end of the day!

Unfortunatly the saturday training was stopped by a crash at the second corner. IN any case on sunday rider and bike was ready to restart the program, and, lap by lap, the performances became more and more interesting, up to reach easily a stable rithm of 1’49” and a best lap of 1’49”2!

Nadia Yakhnich was not so lucky in her caming back after the terribile accident of last october in Mugello. Her new engine had a problem after 2 laps, so mechanich lost all morning to change the engine. By the way her desire to ride was stronger then the bad luck, and so, in the afternoon, in only two session, she started to keep a good rithm , setting 1’58”3 as best lap and 1’56”5 as ideal time!
Saturday a dangerous contact with another rider during the early session let her increase her bad feeling with thi training, so she decided to stop, waiting for a better luck in Almeria.

Last, but not least, David Leonov entered officialy the Yakhnich Team for 2012 Season riding his R6 trophy bike to take as much experience as possibile during winter.
His improving process never stops, so, after a quite start, he took the rithm always following Claudio Corsetti on the circuit, and signed a best perfomance of 2’06”... “Not bad”, as his brother Vladimir would say, for a rider that is here for the first time in his career... And improving the riding every day, at least he stopped the crono in 2’01”, absolutely respectable for a rookye in Jerez.

THE GUESTS

Special Guest in our box two foreigner riders: Rebecca Bianchi andDakota Mamola, son of the famous Randy.

Both of them are young riders with some experiences, but not so much in this class. Especially Dakota, at his second abosolute riding on a four stroke 600 bike... nevertheless, the good blood of the father confirmed the talent: OK, he know Jerez As he rode here with the 125 Gp bike, but sign 1’51”2 is a wonderful and promising beginnig of the season for this young rider. He shared the same Bike with Rebecca, and even the young italian lady, for the first time of his career out of the italian borders, signed a promising 1’55”4 that let us understand her possibilities in 2012 season, even when she will fight with the man in R6 trophy.