Max Biaggi completed 110 laps
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MAX BIAGGI has spoken about his first official outing on the Aprilia RSV4 after his testing sessions at Portimao last week, and says there's lots of work to do with the new bike.
During the 110 laps he did of the tricky Portugese circuit on the Italian motorcycle, Biaggi managed a best time of 1m 44.12s. Enough for a slow race pace.
He said: "The Portimao test was my first real one with the Aprilia," making reference to the earlier tests he had at Valencia on a very prototype version of the RSV: "After trying out the bike for the first time last month at Valencia. Here we did a lot of work to try and find a good starting-point which will then help us to adapt the bike to the various circuits of the next tests and the races in the future.
"There are still a few problems to be resolved but we're only at the beginning and the bike is still in its development phase. I am however quite pleased with the work we have done, we accumulated a lot of data that will be useful for the engineers to produce new components to help the RSV4 develop.
"We have to find out how and where to improve and then step by step we will have a package that is competitive right from the first races, but we're going to have to roll our sleeves up to do this obviously. I'm really happy to work with this team, we have already established a great feeling and the right working method. It feels like I've returned home after several years".
Last month Visordown reported on WSB paddock rumours regarding the reliability of the RSV4 engine. Inside sources say the team have been experiencing some major engine difficulties.
