Repsol Honda riders Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovizioso visit Red Bull Racing headquarters – MotoGP news
Repsol Honda duo of Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso visited Formula 1 team, Red Bull Racing headquarters in Milton Keynes, England while heading for the Silverstone MotoGP British Grand Prix.
The Repsol Honda pair was welcomed for an insight tour at the Red Bull headquarters.
Stoner was excited to visit the Red Bull Racing facility as he said, “The whole day has been amazing; to learn how much technology is used in F1 and see it first hand is spectacular. When I watch the F1 races now I'm going to know a little more about what's
going on behind the scenes and understand what the drivers are going through.”
Stoner also spent some time on the F1 simulator used by the team to give pre-race experience to the drivers. He was amazed to see how facilitated the F1 drivers were. He liked the feeling to remarkably brake late on an F1 car.
The Australian rider said it was as close as he could get to experience the real Formula 1 car. He was grateful to have such a worthy experience and praised the Red Bull team for a special tour.
Along the Australian was his Italian teammate at Repsol Honda, Andrea Dovizioso who also enjoyed the lifetime experience at the Red Bull Racing facility.
He was excited to know the facts behind the development of an F1 car. Dovizioso was amazed about the number of people working to build a victorious machine and keep it error free.
Dovizioso said, “With my experience on bikes, I feel you can develop many things but with the car it seems there is no limit. The simulator was very difficult, I expected more movement but easier.”
He also felt that braking while entering a corner was totally a different method to apply and due to that, it was hard to improve the lap times on a simulator. Dovizioso did about 15 laps but in his opinion, it was a hard task to complete as it looked over
the edge.
Both riders will commence their practice from Friday’s first free practice session in the morning and second in afternoon at the Silverstone circuit.
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