The three-day World Superbike test at Portimao went well for BMW and Aprilia, but a little less so for the debutante in the series, Crescent Suzuki who battled with front brake and electronic issues.

Leon Camier spent the first day and a half of the test concentrating on solving a front brake caliper problem until Brembo brought in the latest 2012 callipers, and then the team had problems with new Motec electronics.

Crescent Suzuki team manager Jack Valentine said, “It was a pretty frustrating start to the test, particularly on Leon’s side. The first day was hampered with a braking issue, and the second saw us struggling with the bike’s firmware. However, once we reverted back to our old settings on Leon’s bike he was able to get going properly. He posted some quick times on the race tyres on day three, after which some mechanical issues put us back again. He then went on to post a 1:43:7 with the new firmware, which puts him a second off the fastest lap set by Eugene Laverty, but is very close to the rest of the field running in the mid 1:43s. Leon’s done a great job considering he was only able to do 120 laps across the three days and I’m convinced we are going to improve from here on.

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