After hanging up his MotoGP leathers, Malaysian racer Hafizh Syahrin made the transfer to the World Superbike Championship (WSBK) in 2022. Joining MIE Racing Honda Team, Hafizh has taken his first trip on the Honda CBR1000RR-R superbike throughout a two-day test at Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit in Montmelo, Spain.
Conditions in the course of the test have been variable, with the weekend cloudy on Saturday earlier than the rain got here down on Sunday. Hafizh was optimistic in regards to the outcomes of the test, coming as he does into a brand new crew with a model new racing machine.
“Everything is new, not just the bike but also the tyres, the suspension and the crew, and so we’ll all need to get to know each other. It takes time to understand everything, so basically, over the first day and a half in the dry, we just went out on track with a base set-up and lapped with the same settings, without changing anything,” mentioned Hafizh.
The MIE crew heads to the WSBK sanctioned test on the weekend of April 4 and 5 in Motorland Aragón, France, the ultimate shakedown earlier than the season begins the next weekend. “We will work on the electronics and set-up at Aragón and I’m sure we’ll be quicker and able to close the gap a little. We will also have chance to try different tyres, a softer spec that there was no point testing here. I look forward to heading out at Aragón in a few days’ time,” Hafizh mentioned.
