WSBK – James Toseland Returns to Base

Former two time WSBK Champion James Toseland will be returning to World Superbikes next season, after two disappointing seasons in MotoGP.
Speaking to MCN, the British rider talks about how he would have liked to remain MotoGP another year and his two day test at the Portimao circuit.
Here’s he had to say about day one:“It’s been a busy old day.

I was jet-lagging a bit before lunchtime but had a good meal, and a bit of a rest at lunchtime and got to grips with the track a bit.

It’s probably one of the worst tracks you could try and learn on a brand new bike! In the first ten laps I could have done with a motocross bike.
It’s really enjoyable to ride once you get to know where you are on the track, with the blind corners that’s all.
Once you know where you are it’s not too bad.
The places where you need to know where you are going it’s fast, so to be safe around here and fast you need to know which position you need to be in on the track.

”Regarding the Yamaha R1: “As for the weight of the bike and the overall package, it is really smooth.
It almost deceives you into riding it like a twin, so I was short-shifting it here and there, but I found out that is not really the way forward with it.
Getting into the 1’43s, for the first day, was OK.
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