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Jerez WSBK test: Haslam, Rea suffer electronic woes

Electronic glitches meant that Pata Honda World Superbike men Leon Haslam and Jonathan Rea were left frustrated by a lack of progress at the Jerez test.

Both riders tried the new software systems designed by Honda's MotoGP project team but suffered with problems that couldn't be fixed on site, so will now have to wait until they get to Phillip Island.

"We’re not really where we want to be right now because we couldn’t get as much out of these two days as we would have liked. Some things just can’t be fixed on site and the electronics problem we had was one of those. The system was taking too much power away so we really needed more track time to sort that out," said Rea.

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"However, I felt some good things, like it’s catching slides a lot more safely now, so that’s encouraging. It’s been a frustrating test and shown us that we need more track time before the first round, but that’s coming in Australia, so we’ll hope for better luck there."

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