PBM's Michael Laverty has described his opening laps in yesterday's Le Mans MotoGP round as like being a fish out of water as he raced on the GPMS-framed bike in the rain for the first time.
The Irishman had only 15 minutes in morning warm-up to sort out a setting for the rain and felt off the pace in the opening stages but settled down and got on to the pace of the front-running CRT men by half distance and continued his 100 per cent finishing run.
"I'm disappointed with the result; we had a good pace in the dry but today was a big learning experience as I hadn't ridden the Bridgestone wet tyres or the PBM bike properly in the rain. I felt like a fish out of water in warm up but the team improved the electronics for the race and I got more comfortable as the race went on," said Laverty.
"Once I understood the tyres I was actually lapping as fast as the top CRT guys but I had lost so much time in the early laps that a good result was impossible. The main positive from today is that I know we can be competitive when the rain arrives in future."
